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 stack /ˈstæk/
 堆棧,堆積堆疊,堆,大量,書庫,槍架,煙囪(vt.)堆積,堆滿,做牌(vi.)堆起 ; (指在TCP/IP中用戶計算機與INTERNET間所需的通信協議與數據包驅動程式)

 stack
 堆疊

 stack
 堆疊 疊列

 Stack n.
 1. A large and to some degree orderly pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch.
    But corn was housed, and beans were in the stack.   --Cowper.
 2. Hence: An orderly pile of any type of object, indefinite in quantity; -- used especially of piles of wood.  A stack is usually more orderly than a pile
    Against every pillar was a stack of billets above a man's height.   --Bacon.
 3. Specifically: A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. [Eng.]
 5. Arch. (a) A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. Hence: (b) Any single insulated and prominent structure, or upright pipe, which affords a conduit for smoke; as, the brick smokestack of a factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel.
 Stack of arms Mil., a number of muskets or rifles set up together, with the bayonets crossing one another, forming a sort of conical self-supporting pile.
 to blow one's stacks to become very angry and lose one's self-control, and especially to display one's fury by shouting.

 Stack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stacked p. pr. & vb. n. Stacking.]
 1. To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood.
 To stack arms Mil., to set up a number of muskets or rifles together, with the bayonets crossing one another, and forming a sort of conical pile.
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 stack
      n 1: an orderly pile
      2: (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"; "it must
         have cost plenty" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good
         deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess,
          mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot,
          quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, tidy
         sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew]
      3: a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most
         recently stored (LIFO) [syn: push-down list, push-down
         stack]
      4: a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and
         smoke can be evacuated [syn: smokestack]
      5: a storage device that handles data so that the next item to
         be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO) [syn:
          push-down storage, push-down store]
      v 1: load or cover with stacks; "stack a truck with boxes"
      2: arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace";
         "stack your books up on the shelves" [syn: pile, heap]
      3: arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning
         chances; "stack the deck of cards"