form or cause to form a large quantity; build up
(使)积成堆;堆起,叠起
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cars stack up behind every bus, while passengers queue to pay fares .在乘客排队买车票时,每一辆公共汽车后面的小汽车都排成了长队。
〈北美,非正式〉比得上;相比
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our rural schools stack up well against their urban counterparts .我们的乡村学校完全可以比得上城里的同类学校。
[usu. with negative]make sense; correspond to reality
有道理;与事实相符
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to blame the debacle on the antics of a rogue trader is not credible — it doesn't stack up .把失败归咎于无赖商人愚蠢操作是不可信的,这与事实不符。