| 单词 | piece |
| 释义 | piece (piːs ) Word forms: pieces , piecing , pieced 1. countable noun A2 A piece of something is an amount of it that has been broken off, torn off, or cut off. ...a piece of cake. [+ of] ...a piece of wood. ...a few words scrawled on a piece of paper. [+ of] Cut the ham into pieces. Do you want another piece? Synonyms: bit, section, slice, part 2. countable noun A2 A piece of an object is one of the individual parts or sections which it is made of, especially a part that can be removed. ...assembling objects out of standard pieces. The equipment was taken down the shaft in pieces. Synonyms: component, part, section, bit 3. countable noun A piece of land is an area of land. People struggle to get the best piece of land. [+ of] Synonyms: stretch, area, spread, tract 4. countable noun B1 You can use piece of with many uncount nouns to refer to an individual thing of a particular kind. For example, you can refer to some advice as a piece of advice. When I produced this piece of work, my lecturers were very critical. [+ of] It is a highly complex piece of legislation. ...an interesting piece of information. [+ of] ...a sensitive piece of equipment used to detect radiation. ...a sturdy piece of furniture. [+ of] What essential piece of clothing would you take? Synonyms: instance, case, example, sample 5. countable noun B2 You can refer to an article in a newspaper or magazine, some music written by someone, a broadcast, or a play as a piece. I disagreed with Andrew Russell over his piece on British Rail. [+ on] ...a vaguely familiar orchestral piece. The day after his death there was a piece about him on television. Synonyms: item, report, story, bit [informal] 6. countable noun B2 You can refer to a work of art as a piece. [formal] Each piece is unique, an exquisite painting of a real person, done on ivory. None of the pieces is insured. 7. countable noun You can refer to specific coins as pieces. For example, a 10p piece is a coin that is worth 10p. 8. countable noun The pieces which you use when you play a board game such as chess are the specially made objects which you move around on the board. 9. quantifier A piece of something is part of it or a share of it. [US] They got a small piece of the net profits and a screen credit. [+ of] In the bidding frenzy, everyone wanted a piece of the company. 10. See also museum piece, party piece, set piece 11. to give someone a piece of your mind phrase If you give someone a piece of your mind, you tell them very clearly that you think they have behaved badly. [informal] How very thoughtless. I'll give him a piece of my mind. 12. all of a piece/of a piece phrase If something with several different parts is all of a piece, each part is consistent with the others. If one thing is of a piece with another, it is consistent with it. At its peak in the Thirties, Underground design and architecture was all of a piece. The essays that Parsons completed in the latter part of his life are of a piece with his earlier work. 13. in one piece phrase If someone or something is still in one piece after a dangerous journey or experience, they are safe and not damaged or hurt. ...providing that my brother gets back alive and in one piece from his mission. 14. say one's piece phrase [VERB inflects] If you say your piece, you say everything you want to say about a particular matter without being interrupted, although people may be wanting to express opposing views. I'll answer your questions when I've said my piece. 15. to pieces phrase B1+ You use to pieces in expressions such as ' smash to pieces', and mainly in British English ' fall to pieces' or ' take something to pieces', when you are describing how something is broken or comes apart so that it is in separate pieces. If the shell had hit the boat, it would have blown it to pieces. He took it all to pieces, cleaned it inside and out and put it together again. Do you wear your old clothes until they fall to pieces? 16. go to pieces phrase If you go to pieces, you are so upset or nervous that you lose control of yourself and cannot do what you should do. [informal] She's a strong woman, but she nearly went to pieces when Arnie died. 17. to tear someone to pieces phrase [VERB inflects] If someone tears you to pieces, pulls your work to pieces, or picks your work to pieces, they criticize you or your work very severely. [informal] He made numerous errors of fact and was torn to pieces during the subsequent question time. Every error is captured, every decision picked to pieces. 18. a nasty piece of work phrase [usually verb-link PHRASE] If you say that someone is a nasty piece of work, you mean that they are very unkind or unpleasant. [British, informal, disapproval] 19. a piece of the action phrase If someone wants to have a piece of the action or a slice of the action, they want to take part in an exciting activity or situation, usually in order to make money or become more important. Those towns left out are demanding a slice of the action. 20. bits and pieces phrase You can use bits and pieces or bits and bobs to refer to a collection of different things. [informal] 21. a piece of cake phrase If you think something is very easy to do, you can say it is a piece of cake. People often say this to stop someone feeling worried about doing something they have to do. [informal] Getting rid of him will be a piece of cake. Just another surveillance job, old chap. Piece of cake to somebody like you. 22. pick up the pieces Phrasal verbs: piece together 1. phrasal verb If you piece together the truth about something, you gradually discover it. They've pieced together his movements for the last few days before his death. [VERB PARTICLE noun] In the following days, Francis was able to piece together what had happened. [VERB PARTICLE wh] Frank was beginning to piece things together. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If you piece something together, you gradually make it by joining several things or parts together. This process is akin to piecing together a jigsaw puzzle. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Doctors painstakingly pieced together the broken bones. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] -piece (-piːs ) combining form [ADJECTIVE noun] -piece combines with numbers to form adjectives indicating that something consists of a particular number of items. ...his well-cut three-piece suit. ...a hundred-piece dinner service. ...a four-piece band from Belgium. Idioms: all of a piece with each part or aspect consistent with the rest Thus the biosphere is all of a piece, an immense, integrated, living system. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a piece of cake something that is very easy to do `It's not exactly a stressful job is it?' `If it's quiet, it's a piece of cake. It's just a bit boring.' Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers say your piece to give your opinion about a particular matter, although you are aware that other people may not agree with you, or be interested in what you have to say Each preacher stood for two minutes on a box, said his piece, and stepped down. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers the villain of the piece [British] the person who is responsible for all the trouble or all the problems in a situation If he is indeed the villain of the piece, as the police claim he is, he should have been more carefully watched. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a nasty piece of work a very unpleasant person What about the husband, then. He's a real nasty piece of work. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a piece of work [US] a very surprising, unusual, or impressive person Her next role is to play the most highly decorated policewoman in New York City. She's a real piece of work – very controversial. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers give someone a piece of your mind to tell someone angrily what you think of them The more she thought about it, the more upset she became. She would like to go out and give him a piece of her mind. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: bite-size pieces Tear the chicken into bite-size pieces and fold into the stew. Times, Sunday Times Tear the romaine into bite-size pieces and add to the bowl with the red onion and peas. Times, Sunday Times Dice the chicken into bite-size pieces and season with salt and pepper. Times, Sunday Times Following the lines of the fish, cut into large bite-size pieces. Times, Sunday Times Slice the rolls into bite-size pieces roughly 3cm each. The Sun I cut sections from a piece of plastic guttering to serve as springs in place of the spokes. Times, Sunday Times How can kneeling on a flat piece of plastic and being towed along a cable across water as calm as a millpond be so terrifying? Times, Sunday Times Warm cornbread with burnt tomato butter was terrific, but unfortunately there was a quite sharp piece of plastic in mine. Times, Sunday Times Bendy drinking straw (reuse it and you'll ensure it doesn't become a single-use piece of plastic!). Times,Sunday Times Remove the backbone, which looks like a piece of plastic. Times, Sunday Times Something happens in the newspaper and it's like a piece of theatre, you know? Times, Sunday Times This remains, though, a frighteningly powerful piece of theatre, and they meet its challenge with brutal grace and stringent intelligence. Times, Sunday Times A brilliantly staged, choreographed and performed piece of theatre. Times, Sunday Times Also, for a piece of theatre plainly in favour of the imagination, this one asks less of ours than it might. Times, Sunday Times A film, a piece of theatre, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. The Sun It's a simply remarkable piece of writing: funny, wise, partial, propulsive. Times, Sunday Times She has left us a strange and precious piece of writing, unlike anything else surviving from antiquity. The Times Literary Supplement Otherwise, it's a poor piece of writing and storytelling, with many a longueur. Times, Sunday Times It was a very bits-and-bobs piece of writing. Times, Sunday Times They also demonstrate the way he would begin an idea in one piece of writing and develop it in another. Christianity Today He gave back the 30 pieces of silver he had received. Times, Sunday Times He was forced to sit for up to 20 hours a day in a squalid back room, sticking tiny pieces of silver onto napkin rings. Times, Sunday Times It's 30 pieces of silver. The Star (South Africa) Named after the 'girmits' - agreements upon which names (and, in effect, lives) are written in exchange for pieces of silver - most of them have something to hide or run from. Times, Sunday Times By extension, salt cellars first became collectible as pieces of silver, glass, etc. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are six basic shapes of puzzle piece and only some types fit together. Times,Sunday Times You are a living, breathing puzzle piece placed on a well-made board. The Times Literary Supplement Storm has the same puzzle piece around her neck. The Sun It was the misplaced puzzle piece. Times, Sunday Times At the end of the maze, the castaways would bounce along a cargo net to retrieve five puzzle piece bags. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has long been regarded as the company's signature piece: the opening performance of this run was its 742nd, no less. Times, Sunday Times She says it's all about choosing one signature piece. Times, Sunday Times All participants receive a grocery bag full of food for participating, a signature piece of the event. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Instead, we are all furiously grabbing identical modern 'signature pieces', such as a huge arched light or a pod chair hanging from a chain, to arrange beneath our plasma screens. Times, Sunday Times We also have a few signature pieces that are done just for the store. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's a tiny piece of perfection, less than 200yd wide at low tide and more than likely exclusively yours. Times, Sunday Times She took only a very tiny piece of a tiny piece. Times, Sunday Times My supper will be a tiny piece of fish and some vegetables. Times, Sunday Times I like to explore and sample local restaurants but soon realised how scarce they were on this tiny piece of paradise. The Sun They identified what was causing his fits and a week later surgery was carried out to remove a tiny piece of tissue. The Sun Use its app to write a piece and then share it with other users online, read their views and comment on their work in turn. Times, Sunday Times There has never been a better time to write this piece and it may help to start by defining terms. Times, Sunday Times How many 19-year-olds get the chance to write a piece premiered by an orchestra of 159 players? Times, Sunday Times If you're going to write a piece inspired by astronomical portents and celestial apparitions, a trombone makes a good protagonist. Times, Sunday Times I was going to write a piece about what music festivals this year are, uh, cool. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 块 Japanese: 一つ |
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