stack

/stæk/

Thân thiện

A librarian stacks books on a wooden shelf.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • An orderly pile or heap: A collection of objects arranged one on top of another in a neat, vertical column.
   • A large quantity or amount: (Often followed by 'of') A large, often informal, number or measure of something.
   • A tall chimney or vertical exhaust pipe: A structure for carrying away smoke or gases, especially from a factory, ship, or locomotive.
   • A data storage structure: In computing, a data structure where the most recently stored item is the next one to be retrieved (Last-In, First-Out or LIFO).

2. Verb:

   • To arrange in a stack: To place objects into a neat, vertical pile.
   • To load or cover with stacks: To fill an area with piles of something.
   • To arrange unfairly or dishonestly: To manipulate a situation, especially a deck of cards, to achieve a predetermined, often unfair, outcome.

Examples

• Noun:

  • She placed the books in a neat stack on the desk.
  • There's a stack of paperwork waiting for me.
  • Smoke billowed from the factory's stack.
  • The program uses a stack to manage function calls.

• Verb:

  • Please stack the chairs against the wall after the meeting.
  • They stacked the truck with boxes of supplies.
  • The gambler was accused of stacking the deck.

Advanced Usage

• "Stack up against": To compare with someone or something else.
  • How does our new product stack up against the competition?
• "Stack the odds/deck in someone's favor": To arrange things to give someone a significant, often unfair, advantage.
  • The new regulations seem to stack the deck in favor of large corporations.

Variants and Related Words

• Stackable (adj): Capable of being stacked.
  • These are stackable plastic containers.
• Haystack (n): A large stack of hay.
  • The needle was lost in the haystack.
• Smokestack (n): A chimney or funnel for discharging smoke from a locomotive or ship.
  • The old steamship had a tall smokestack.

Synonyms

• Pile (n/v): A heap of things laid or lying one on top of another.
• Heap (n/v): An untidy collection of objects piled up haphazardly.
• Load (n): A heavy or bulky thing that is being carried or is about to be carried.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Stack up: To accumulate or form into a stack; also, to measure up or compare.
  • Traffic began to stack up on the highway.
  • His arguments just don't stack up.
• Stack away: To store something by stacking it.
  • We need to stack away these boxes in the garage.

Related Idioms

• A stack of: A large amount of.
  • I've got a stack of emails to reply to.
• Blow one's stack: To lose one's temper suddenly and violently.
  • My boss blew his stack when he saw the mistake.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
2. a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
3. a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
4. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
   • a batch of letters
   • a deal of trouble
   • a lot of money
   • he made a mint on the stock market
   • see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
   • it must have cost plenty
   • a slew of journalists
   • a wad of money
5. an orderly pile

Verb

1. arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances
   • stack the deck of cards
2. arrange in stacks
   • heap firewood around the fireplace
   • stack your books up on the shelves
3. load or cover with stacks
   • stack a truck with boxes

Từ đồng nghĩa

• push-down storage
• push-down store
• smokestack
• push-down list
• push-down stack
• batch
• pile
• heap