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单词 pieced
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
piece /pis/USA pronunciation   n., v., pieced, piec•ing. 
n. [countable]
  1. a portion or quantity of something:a piece of land.
  2. a portion of a whole:a piece of apple pie.
  3. an individual thing of a particular class or set:a piece of furniture.
  4. a created work of art, music, or writing:He writes funny pieces for that magazine.
  5. Chessone of the figures, disks, or the like used in playing a board game.
  6. an example of something:This report is a fine piece of work.
  7. a part, fragment, or shred:to tear a letter into pieces.
  8. one's opinion or thoughts on a subject:Here's a piece of advice: don't do it.
  9. a coin:a five-cent piece.
  10. an amount of work constituting a single job:to be paid by the piece.Seepiecework.
  11. Dialect Terms[Midland and Southern U.S.]a distance:[singular* a + ~]down the road a piece.

v. 
  1. [+ object] to mend by adding a piece or pieces;
    patch.
  2. to join together, as pieces or parts: [+ together + object]I pieced together the broken fragments.[+ object + together]I pieced the fragments together.
  3. to make or assemble by or as if by joining pieces or facts, information, etc.: [+ together + object]to piece together such a fine musical program.[+ object + together]She pieced a fine program together.[+ together + object]They were finally able to piece together the whole story of his death.
Idioms
  1. Idioms a piece of one's mind, a sharp scolding or piece of criticism:gave his daughter a piece of his mind when she came home so late.
  2. Idioms go to pieces:
    • to lose control of oneself:After her son's death she simply went to pieces.
  3. in pieces, destroyed;
    in ruins;
    not effective:careful plans of conquest lay in pieces.
  4. Idioms piece of cake, [Informal.]something easily done:Robbing the store was a piece of cake.
  5. to pieces:
    • left completely ruined or no longer effective:tore our arguments to pieces.

    Note that since piece is a noun that can be counted, it may be used to describe a part of some noncount noun:lumber[uncountable]a piece[countable]of lumber; furniture[uncountable]a piece[countable]of furniture.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
piece  (pēs),USA pronunciation n., v., pieced, piec•ing. 
n. 
  1. a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
  2. a quantity of some substance or material forming a single mass or body:a nice piece of lumber.
  3. a more or less definite portion or quantity of a whole:to cut a blueberry pie into six pieces.
  4. Textilesa particular length, as of certain goods prepared for the market:cloth sold by the piece.
  5. an amount of work forming a single job:to be paid by the piece and not by the hour.
  6. an example of workmanship, esp. of artistic production, as a picture or a statue:The museum has some interesting pieces by Picasso.
  7. a literary composition, usually short, in prose or verse.
  8. a literary selection for recitation:Each child had a chance to recite a piece.
  9. Music and Dancea musical composition.
  10. one of the parts that, when assembled, form a whole:the pieces of a clock.
  11. an individual article of a set or collection:a set of dishes containing 100 pieces.
  12. Chess
    • one of the figures, disks, blocks, or the like, of wood, ivory, or other material, used in playing, as on a board or table.
    • (in chess) a superior man, as distinguished from a pawn:to take a rook, a bishop, and other pieces.
  13. a token, charm, or amulet:a good-luck piece.
  14. an individual thing of a particular class or kind:a piece of furniture; a piece of drawing paper.
  15. an example, specimen, or instance of something:a fine piece of workmanship.
  16. one of the parts into which a thing is destructively divided or broken;
    a part, fragment, or shred:to tear a letter into pieces.
  17. Military
    • a soldier's rifle, pistol, etc.
    • a cannon or other unit of ordnance:field piece.
  18. a coin:a five-cent piece.
  19. Dialect Terms[Midland and Southern U.S.]a distance:I'm going down the road a piece.
  20. Dialect Terms[Chiefly North Midland U.S.]a snack.
  21. Dialect TermsAlso called piece of ass. Slang (vulgar).
    • coitus.
    • a person considered as a partner in coitus.
  22. give someone a piece of one's mind. See mind (def. 20).
  23. Idioms go to pieces:
    • to break into fragments.
    • to lose control of oneself;
      become emotionally or physically upset:When he flunked out of medical school he went to pieces.
  24. Idioms of a piece, of the same kind;
    harmonious;
    consistent. Also, of one piece. 
  25. Idioms piece of the action. See action (def. 22).
  26. Idioms speak one's piece, to express one's opinion;
    reveal one's thoughts upon a subject:I decided to speak my piece whether they liked it or not.

v.t. 
  1. to mend (a garment, article, etc.) by adding, joining, or applying a piece or pieces;
    patch.
  2. to complete, enlarge, or extend by an added piece or something additional (often fol. by out):to piece out a library with new books.
  3. to make by or as if by joining pieces (often fol. by together):to piece a quilt; to piece together a musical program.
  4. to join together, as pieces or parts:to piece together the fragments of a broken dish.
  5. to join as a piece or addition to something:to piece new wire into the cable.
  6. to assemble into a meaningful whole by combining available facts, information, details, etc.:He pieced the story together after a lot of effort.

v.i. 
  1. Dialect Terms[Chiefly North Midland U.S.]to eat small portions of food between meals;
    snack.
  • Gaulish *pettia; akin to Breton pez piece, Welsh, Cornish peth thing
  • Old French
  • Middle English pece 1175–1225
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged section, segment, scrap, fragment. See part. 
    • 28.See corresponding entry in Unabridged augment.
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged whole.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
piece /piːs/ n
  1. an amount or portion forming a separate mass or structure; bit: a piece of wood
  2. a small part, item, or amount forming part of a whole, esp when broken off or separated: a piece of bread
  3. a length by which a commodity is sold, esp cloth, wallpaper, etc
  4. an instance or occurrence: a piece of luck
  5. an example or specimen of a style or type, such as an article of furniture: a beautiful piece of Dresden china
  6. informal an opinion or point of view: to state one's piece
  7. a literary, musical, or artistic composition
  8. a coin having a value as specified: fifty-pence piece
  9. a small object, often individually shaped and designed, used in playing certain games, esp board games: chess pieces
  10. a firearm or cannon
  11. any chessman other than a pawn
  12. Scot English dialect a packed lunch taken to work, school, etc
  13. go to pieces(of a person) to lose control of oneself; have a breakdown
  14. (of a building, organization, etc) to disintegrate
  15. nasty piece of workBrit informal a cruel or mean person
  16. of a pieceof the same kind; alike
vb (transitive)
  1. (often followed by together) to fit or assemble piece by piece
  2. (often followed by up) to patch or make up (a garment) by adding pieces
Etymology: 13th Century pece, from Old French, of Gaulish origin; compare Breton pez piece, Welsh peth portion
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