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ldoce_258_jpiece1 /piːs/ S1 W1 noun [countable] 1

amount 量PIECE an amount of something that has been separated from the main part 片；块；段；截piece of He broke off a piece of bread and gave it her. 他掰下一块面包递给她。 Cut off a piece of wood 5 cm in length. 截下一段五厘米长的木头。 His trousers were held up with a piece of string. 他的裤子靠一根细绳系着。 Would you like a small or a large piece? 你想要一小块还是一大块？cut/divide etc something into pieces She cut the cake into four equal pieces. 她把蛋糕切成大小相等的四块。 Chop the potato into bite-sized pieces. 把马铃薯切成小块。 →5 See picture of a piece of meat 一块肉, a chunk of bread 一大块面包, fragments of glass 玻璃碎片 ...2 part 部分 one of the parts that something divides or breaks into 碎片，碎块；断片，切片piece of a piece of broken glass 一片碎玻璃 Individual pieces of text can be cut and pasted to their correct position. 文字的每一段都可以剪贴到正确位置上。in pieces The china dish lay in pieces on the floor. 瓷盘碎片散落在地上。 jigsaw pieces 拼图的拼片 His father had taught him how to take a gun to pieces. 他父亲教过他怎么拆枪。 The shelving comes to pieces (=divides into separate parts) for easy transport. 架子可以拆卸，以便运输。 The shower head just came to pieces (=broke into separate parts) in my hand. 花洒就在我手中裂开了。 The fireplace was carefully dismantled piece by piece (=one part at a time). 壁炉被小心地逐块拆下。► see thesaurus at part3 single item 单个物品 a single thing of a particular type, or something that is one of several similar things 一个；一片；一块；一件；一张piece of Pass me another piece of paper. 再给我一张纸。 You should eat three pieces of fruit a day. 你应该每天吃三个水果。 She was wearing a single piece of jewellery. 她只戴了一件首饰。 You need to examine every piece of evidence first. 你首先要检查每一件证据。 an excellent piece of work 一件出色的作品 a major piece of legislation 一项主要立法 a piece of equipment 一台设备four-piece/60-piece etc (=consisting of four, 60 etc separate parts) 四件的/60件的等 a five-piece band 五人乐队 a three-piece suite (=two chairs and a sofa) 三件套沙发4 small amount 少量 [usually singular] a small amount of something that is interesting, useful, or unusual in some way 一点5 land 土地AREA an area of land 〔土地〕一片6 fall to pieces BREAK7 go to pieces NERVOUSif a person or what they do goes to pieces, they are so upset or nervous that they cannot live, work, or perform as they should 〔因伤心、紧张不安而〕崩溃，垮掉8 smash/rip/tear something to pieces DAMAGEto damage something badly by breaking it into many parts 把某物摔成/撕成碎片9 pull/rip/tear somebody/something to pieces CRITICIZEto criticize someone or their ideas very severely 严厉批评某人[某人的观点]10 art/music etc 艺术/音乐等A something that has been produced by an artist, musician, or writer 〔艺术家、音乐家或作家的〕作品11 news item 新闻TCN a short article in a newspaper or magazine or part of a television or radio programme that is about a particular subject 〔报纸、杂志的〕文章，短文；〔电视、电台的〕报道12 in one piece INJURE informal if you arrive somewhere in one piece, you are not injured 安然无恙的13 give somebody a piece of your mind informalANGRY to tell someone that you are very angry with them 告诉某人你很生他的气14 be a piece of cake informalEASY to be very easy to do 很容易做，是轻而易举的事15. be a piece of piss British English spoken not polite to be very easy to do 是小菜一碟，是不费吹灰之力的事16 a piece of the action informalPROFIT a share of the money from a business activity 〔商业活动中获得的〕一份收益17 be (all) of a piece 18 money 钱19. games 游戏DGB a small object used in a game such as chess 〔棋类游戏等中的〕棋子20. gun 枪 American English informalWEAPON a small gun 〔小型〕枪n21 across the piece in all parts of an organization, system, activity etc SYN across the board22. be a (real) piece of work spoken informal especially American English to be someone who does nasty things or deceives people in order to get what they want （真）是个讨厌的家伙［骗子］23. be a piece of shit/crap spoken not politeBAD used to show that you do not respect someone or something they say 是废话/是个废物〔用于表示不尊敬他人所说的人或事物〕24. piece of ass American English informal not politeSEX/HAVE SEX WITH an offensive expression for a woman. Do not use this expression. 女人，雌儿 → how long is a piece of string? at long1(9) THESAURUSpiece an amount of something that has been cut or separated from the main part 片；块；段；截Could I have another piece of cake? 我可以再吃一块蛋糕吗？a piece of broken glass 一块碎玻璃nEmma cut the pie into eight pieces.bit a piece. Bit is more informal than piece and is often used about smaller pieces 小片；小块〔与piece相比,bit 更为不正式〕The notes were written on bits of paper. 笔记都写在小纸片上。He threw a bit of wood onto the fire. 他把一小截木头丢进火里。lump a small piece of something solid or firm that does not have a regular shape 块〔指形状不规则的固体〕two lumps of sugar 两块糖a lump of coal 一块煤a lump of clay 一块黏土scrap a small piece of paper, cloth etc that is no longer needed 〔废弃的〕小片；小块I wrote the phone number on a scrap of paper. 我将电话号码写在一张废纸片上。The dog was eating scraps of food off the floor. 狗在吃地上的食物碎屑。strip a long narrow piece of cloth, paper etc 〔布或纸等的〕条,带a strip of cloth 一截布条The leather had been cut into strips. 那张皮被切成一条条的。sheet a thin flat piece of something such as paper, glass, or metal 〔纸、玻璃、金属的〕薄片，薄板a blank sheet of paper 一张空白纸a sheet of aluminium 一块铝片slice a thin flat piece of bread, cake, meat etc cut from a larger piece 〔切下的〕薄片a slice of pizza 一片比萨饼Cut the tomatoes into thin slices. 将西红柿切成薄片。chunk a piece of something solid that does not have a regular shape – used especially about food, rock, or metal 厚块,大块,厚片〔指形状不规则的固体,尤指食物、石头或金属〕The fruit was cut into large chunks. 这水果被切成大块。a chunk of bread 一大块面包hunk a large piece with rough edges, which has been cut or has broken off a bigger piece of food, rock etc 大块，大片〔指切下或掰下的食物、石头等〕a big hunk of cheese 一大块干酪hunks of concrete 水泥块block a piece of something solid, which has straight sides 〔平整的〕大块concrete blocks 大块水泥a block of cheese 一大块干酪a block of ice 一大块冰slab a thick flat piece of stone, or of cake, meat etc 〔石头、蛋糕、肉等的〕厚块,厚板The floor had been made from stone slabs. 地面用石板铺成。a slab of beef 厚厚一块牛肉cube a piece that has six square sides – used especially about food 〔立方体的〕一块〔尤指食物〕a cube of sugar 一块方糖ice cubes 冰块nwedge a piece that has a thick end and a pointed end, and is shaped like a triangle – used especially about food and metala wedge of cheesebar a block of soap, chocolate, candy, or metal, which has straight sides 〔肥皂、巧克力、糖果、金属等平整的〕条,块a chocolate bar 一块巧克力a bar of soap 一块肥皂gold bars worth more than £26 million 价值2，600多万英镑的金条rasher British English a slice of bacon 薄片熏猪肉I usually have two rashers of bacon for breakfast. 我通常早餐吃两片薄薄的熏猪肉。a small piece 小片,小块fragment a small piece that has broken off something, especially something hard 碎片〔尤指坚硬物体〕The window shattered, covering them with fragments of glass. 窗户碎了,玻璃碴子落了他们一身。They found fragments of bone. 他们找到了碎骨。crumb a very small piece of bread, cake etc 〔面包、蛋糕等的〕碎屑There were just a few crumbs left on the plate. 盘里只剩了一些碎屑。speck a piece of something such as dirt or dust which is so small you almost cannot see it 〔灰尘等的〕微粒,小点She brushed the specks of dust from the table. 她掸去桌上的灰尘。drop a very small amount of a liquid 〔液体的〕滴There were drops of blood on the floor. 地上有血滴。I felt a drop of rain. 我感觉到有雨滴落下。COLLOCATIONS CHECK 常用搭配lump of sugar/rock/metal/earthscrap of paperstrip of cloth/papersheet of paper/metal/glassslice of bread/pizza/cake/meatchunk of fruit/breadblock of ice/stone/woodslab of rock/stone/meatbar of soap/chocolate/candy/metalrasher of baconspeck of dirt/dustdrop of blood/rain/liquid

Examples from the Corpus

piece• Our satellite dish has a piece broken off of it.• Crude as Farley plays it, his endearing-blowfish persona is quite a piece of work.• If you want a piece, indicate by saying yes.• When a piece of quicklime was held in the tip of the flame it became white hot and glowed brilliantly.• a piece of paper• Harry wanted to take the little blonde piece and jive with her.• a pack of chicken pieces• Tim cut the pie into eight pieces.• a simple boat made from a few pieces of wood• And indeed it was something very different - the bones of a human skeleton, a few pieces of clothing still on it.• a truly impressive piece of Greek sculpture• The vase lay in pieces on the floor.• The equipment had to be taken apart and transported in pieces.• The collection includes pieces in both oils and watercolours, with a range of still life paintings.• Some of the jigsaw pieces are missing.• Taking a page from the Netscape playbook, Microsoft is giving away key pieces of Internet software.• But finally Helen had crumpled her last piece of newspaper.• a beautifully made piece of furniture• The Times did a nice piece on the illegal gambling.• The concert began with three short pieces by the Brazilian composer Villa-Lobos.• One of the pieces in Greene's sculpture collection is valued at $12,000.• The position of the piece of gravel would have made it virtually impossible for the fish to dislodge it.• The books were eagerly borrowed and well used, and they finally fell to pieces.• The old wreck had been smashed to pieces on the island's rocks.• Another typical piece of Owen's work is the poem, 'The Sentry'.• There were pieces of broken glass all over the road.piece of• Do you want a piece of pizza?• There are pieces of glass all over the road.in pieces• But now assume another person invests that same $ 20,000 in pieces on a monthly basis.• It is in commerce and in pieces of every size.• But it was a home thrust, for the Dennison family was breaking in pieces.• The car must have been dismantled and brought up in the elevator in pieces, then put together again.• He got Hamlet in pieces, over breakfast.• The ship now lies in pieces at the bottom of the ocean.• On his downswing, all the moving parts came together at once, not in pieces.• The cars were shipped in pieces and then reassembled.• There was an accident and the thing ended up in pieces.• He was in pieces, wasn't he?piece of advice/information/gossip etc• My reverie was penetrated by two devastating pieces of information which managed to scale the language barrier.• Consider each piece of information in turn.• His first piece of advice was that I tell no one.• Explain clearly why you have included pieces of information.• I thought that was an interesting piece of information, so I put it in my story.• How much better it is when any facts or pieces of information come from you yourself.• What are the connections between the pieces of information?• Why is this piece of information necessary?piece of music/writing/sculpture etc• And if I fall into the pulse at the start of a piece of music it is a physical joy.• It won't be deathless prose, but it should be a grammatical and effective piece of writing.• That is one of my favorite pieces of music.• They spent hours together, particularly when one or the other had acquired a new piece of music.• Produce a sustained piece of writing when the task demands it. ii Produce well-structured pieces of writing.• If anything this piece of writing is too competent, too clever.• If you mixed all your pieces of writing together, would they make a story?piece about/on• He began to read a piece about the proposed transformation of a disused mill into a luxury hotel.• You said you were going to write a piece on opinion polls and then you wrote a story slandering the Prime Minister.• Not a single one had listened to it or even heard bits and pieces on the news.• Or Seafood Salad - a delicious combination of prawns, smoked salmon and crab pieces on a bed of mixed salad.• Burnished visuals are a plus in this memory piece about a boy growing up in Depression-era South Philadelphia.• In any case, orienting the piece on the table also takes time.• You also could put the pieces on skewers and push them in the ground near the trees.• I mean, it's not like they were compiled to pieces on Rough Trade or anything, is it?ten pence/50-cent etc piece• I've just swallowed fifteen ten pence pieces!piece2 verb 1 piece something ↔ together phrasal verb a) UNDERSTANDto use all the information you have about a situation in order to discover the truth about it 把〔所有事实或信息〕拼凑起来 Police are trying to piece together his movements before the murder. 警方试图梳理出他在凶案发生前的行踪。 Her early life has been pieced together from several different sources. 根据几个不同的资料来源整理出来了她的早期生活状况。b) COMPLETEto put all the separate parts of an object into the correct order or position 把〔物体的部分〕拼合起来 He slowly pieced together the torn fragments of a letter. 他把撕碎的信慢慢拼起来。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

piece• He will not piece or parse.• Twenty-five years after Fernando's death, it was possible to piece together his skeleton in its entirety.• Organisations such as Gamblers Anonymous concern themselves with piecing together the casualties of addiction.• Accident investigators have been at the scene this morning trying to piece together what happened.• He finished up trying to piece together what happened.• It took days, but finally they thought they had it pretty well pieced together.From Longman Business Dictionarypiecepiece /piːs/ noun [countable]1ten-pence/fifty-cent etc piece a coin of a particular valueDoes anyone have change for a 50 pence piece?2a single thing of a particular typepiece ofa piece of equipmenta 24-piece cutlery set3supply/sell something by the pieceCOMMERCE to supply or sell something as a single thing rather than in a pair or a set4pay somebody/work by the pieceCOMMERCE if people work or are paid by the piece, they are paid for each thing they produce, not for the amount of time it takes to produce itOrigin piece1 (1100-1200) Old French Vulgar Latin pettia

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piece

piece¹ S1 W1 /piːs/

noun [countable]

Date: 1100-1200
Language: Old French
Origin: Vulgar Latin pettia

1. AMOUNT an amount of something that has been separated from the main part
piece of

He broke off a piece of bread and gave it her.

Cut off a piece of wood 5 cm in length.

His trousers were held up with a piece of string.

Would you like a small or a large piece?
cut/divide etc something into pieces

She cut the cake into four equal pieces.

Chop the potato into bite-sized pieces.
2. PART one of the parts that something divides or breaks into
piece of

a piece of broken glass

Individual pieces of text can be cut and pasted to their correct position.
in pieces

The china dish lay in pieces on the floor.

jigsaw pieces

His father had taught him how to take a gun to pieces.

The shelving comes to pieces (=divides into separate parts) for easy transport.

The shower head just came to pieces (=broke into separate parts) in my hand.

The fireplace was carefully dismantled piece by piece (=one part at a time).
3. SINGLE ITEM a single thing of a particular type, or something that is one of several similar things
piece of

Pass me another piece of paper.

You should eat three pieces of fruit a day.

She was wearing a single piece of jewellery.

You need to examine every piece of evidence first.

an excellent piece of work

a major piece of legislation

a piece of equipment
four-piece/60-piece etc (=consisting of four, 60 etc separate parts)

a five-piece band

a three-piece suite (=two chairs and a sofa)
4. SMALL AMOUNT [usually singular] a small amount of something that is interesting, useful, or unusual in some way
piece of advice/information/gossip etc

Let me give you a piece of advice.

We’re witnessing a piece of history in the making.
piece of luck/good fortune

It really was an extraordinary piece of luck.
5. LAND an area of land
piece of

a piece of waste ground

a dispute about a piece of land
6. fall to pieces
a. to become old and in bad condition:

All my clothes are falling to pieces.

They’ve let that lovely old house fall to pieces around them.
b. to no longer be successful or working well:

The economy is falling to pieces.
7. go to pieces if a person or what they do goes to pieces, they are so upset or nervous that they cannot live, work, or perform as they should:

He just went to pieces after his wife died.

Her performance goes to pieces when her father is watching.
8. smash/rip/tear something to pieces to damage something badly by breaking it into many parts:

His arm was ripped to pieces by a shark.

Wear thick gloves, otherwise you’ll tear your fingers to pieces.
9. pull/rip/tear somebody/something to pieces to criticize someone or their ideas very severely:

Donna could tear your work to pieces, and frequently did.
10. ART/MUSIC ETC something that has been produced by an artist, musician, or writer
piece of music/writing/sculpture etc

some unusual pieces of sculpture

The LSO will perform a much-loved concert piece.
11. NEWS ITEM a short article in a newspaper or magazine or part of a television or radio programme that is about a particular subject
piece about/on

Did you read that piece in ‘The Observer’ about censorship?

Robert wrote a short piece on the earthquake.
12. in one piece informal if you arrive somewhere in one piece, you are not injured:

Cheer up. At least you’re still in one piece.

Ring Mum and let her know we got here in one piece.
13. give somebody a piece of your mind informal to tell someone that you are very angry with them:

After the game he gave the players a piece of his mind.
14. be a piece of cake informal to be very easy to do:

Landing this type of aircraft is a piece of cake for an experienced pilot.
15. be a piece of piss British English spoken not polite to be very easy to do
16. a piece of the action informal a share of the money from a business activity:

And will foreign firms get a piece of the action?
17. be (all) of a piece
  a. if the things someone says or does are all of a piece, they are part of the typical behaviour of that person
    be (all) of a piece with

Sexist language is all of a piece with the way some men treat women.
b. to be the same or similar in all parts:

The architecture here is all of a piece.
18. MONEY
  a. a coin of a particular value
    ten pence/50-cent etc piece

Have you change for a 50-cent piece?
b. old use a coin:

Robert slipped two gold pieces into the man’s hand.
19. GAMES a small object used in a game such as chess
20. GUN American English informal a small gun
21. be a (real) piece of work spoken informal especially American English to be someone who does nasty things or deceives people in order to get what they want
22. be a piece of shit/crap spoken not polite used to show that you do not respect someone or something they say
23. piece of ass American English informal not polite an offensive expression for a woman. Do not use this expression.
⇨ how long is a piece of string? at long¹(9)

THESAURUS

   ▪ piece an amount of something that has been cut or separated from the main part: Could I have another piece of cake? | a piece of broken glass | Emma cut the pie into eight pieces.
   ▪ bit a piece. Bit is more informal than piece and is often used about smaller pieces: The notes were written on bits of paper. | He threw a bit of wood onto the fire.
   ▪ lump a small piece of something solid or firm that does not have a regular shape: two lumps of sugar | a lump of coal | a lump of clay
   ▪ scrap a small piece of paper, cloth etc that is no longer needed: I wrote the phone number on a scrap of paper. | The dog was eating scraps of food off the floor.
   ▪ strip a long narrow piece of cloth, paper etc: a strip of cloth | The leather had been cut into strips.
   ▪ sheet a thin flat piece of something such as paper, glass, or metal: a blank sheet of paper | a sheet of aluminium
   ▪ slice a thin flat piece of bread, cake, meat etc cut from a larger piece: a slice of pizza | Cut the tomatoes into thin slices.
   ▪ chunk a piece of something solid that does not have a regular shape – used especially about food, rock, or metal: The fruit was cut into large chunks. | a chunk of bread
   ▪ hunk a large piece with rough edges, which has been cut or has broken off a bigger piece of food, rock etc: a big hunk of cheese | hunks of concrete
   ▪ block a piece of something solid, which has straight sides: concrete blocks | a block of cheese | a block of ice
   ▪ slab a thick flat piece of stone, or of cake, meat etc: The floor had been made from stone slabs. | a slab of beef
   ▪ cube a piece that has six square sides – used especially about food: a cube of sugar | ice cubes
   ▪ wedge a piece that has a thick end and a pointed end, and is shaped like a triangle – used especially about food and metal: a wedge of cheese
   ▪ bar a block of soap, chocolate, candy, or metal, which has straight sides: a chocolate bar | a bar of soap | gold bars worth more than £26 million
   ▪ rasher British English a slice of bacon: I usually have two rashers of bacon for breakfast.
■ a small piece
   ▪ fragment a small piece that has broken off something, especially something hard: The window shattered, covering them with fragments of glass. | They found fragments of bone.
   ▪ crumb a very small piece of bread, cake etc: There were just a few crumbs left on the plate.
   ▪ speck a piece of something such as dirt or dust which is so small you almost cannot see it: She brushed the specks of dust from the table.
   ▪ drop a very small amount of a liquid: There were drops of blood on the floor. | I felt a drop of rain.
■ COLLOCATIONS CHECK
   ▪ lump of sugar/rock/metal/earth
   ▪ scrap of paper
   ▪ strip of cloth/paper
   ▪ sheet of paper/metal/glass
   ▪ slice of bread/pizza/cake/meat
   ▪ chunk of fruit/bread
   ▪ block of ice/stone/wood
   ▪ slab of rock/stone/meat
   ▪ bar of soap/chocolate/candy/metal
   ▪ rasher of bacon
   ▪ speck of dirt/dust
   ▪ drop of blood/rain/liquid

piece²

verb

piece something ↔ together phrasal verb
  1. to use all the information you have about a situation in order to discover the truth about it:

Police are trying to piece together his movements before the murder.

Her early life has been pieced together from several different sources.
2. to put all the separate parts of an object into the correct order or position:

He slowly pieced together the torn fragments of a letter.

noun,

verb

🔑 piece

BrE

/piːs/

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NAmE

/piːs/

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noun

➤separate amount 分离的量

🔑

[countable]

~ (of sth)

(used especially with

and uncountable nouns 尤与 of 和不可数名词连用)

an amount of sth that has been cut or separated from the rest of it; a standard amount of sth 片；块；段；截；标准的量

◆a piece of string/wood一截绳子；一块木头

◆She wrote something on a small piece of paper. 她在一小片纸上写了点什么。

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◆a large piece of land一大片土地

◆a piece of cake/cheese/meat一块蛋糕／奶酪／肉

◆He cut the pizza into bite-sized pieces. 他把比萨饼切成一口一块的小块。

🔊

◆I've got a piece of grit in my eye. 我眼里进了一粒沙子。

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If you want to talk about a small amount or one example of something that is normally an uncountable noun, there is a range of words you can use. You must choose the right one to go with the substance you are talking about. 许多表示少量、一个等的词可用以修饰不可数名词，但必须选择能与该物质名词搭配得当的词。

Piece and (BrE, informal) bit are very general words and can be used with most uncountable nouns. * piece 和 bit（英式英语的非正式用语）是十分通用的词，可与大多数不可数名词连用：◆a piece of paper/wood/string/cake/fruit/meat/work/research/advice 一张纸；一块木头；一根绳子；一块蛋糕；一个水果；一块肉；一件工作；一项研究；一个忠告◆a bit of paper/work/chocolate/luck 一小片纸；一点工作；一小块巧克力；一点运气
A slice is a thin flat piece. * slice 指薄片：◆a slice of bread/cake/salami/cheese/pie/apple 一片面包／蛋糕／萨拉米香肠／干酪／馅饼／苹果◆(figurative) a slice of life 反映现实生活的电影（或戏剧、书）
A chunk is a thick, solid piece. * chunk 指厚厚的一块：◆a chunk of cheese/bread/rock 一块厚干酪／面包／岩石◆a chunk of land(= a fairly large piece) 一大块土地
A lump is a piece of something solid without any particular shape. * lump 指无一定形状的一块、一团：◆a lump of coal/rock/mud 一块煤／岩石；一团泥
A fragment is a very small piece of something that is broken or damaged. * fragment 指碎片、破片：◆fragments of glass 玻璃碎片◆(figurative) fragments of conversation 谈话片断 It can also be used with countable nouns to mean a small part of something. 该词亦可与可数名词连用表示小部分：◆a fragment of the story 故事的一个片段
A speck is a tiny piece of powder. * speck 指小颗粒、微粒：◆a speck of dust/dirt 一点灰尘／污垢 You can also say 也可以说：◆a speck of light 一点光
Drop is used with liquids. * drop 用于液体：◆a drop of water/rain/blood/milk/whisky 一滴水／雨／血／牛奶／威士忌酒
A pinch is as much as you can hold between your finger and thumb. * pinch 指一撮、一捏、一掐：◆a pinch of salt/cinnamon 一撮盐／肉桂粉
A portion is enough for one person. * portion 指够一人用的一份、一客：◆a portion of chicken 一份鸡肉

➤part 部分

🔑

[countable

, usually plural]

one of the bits or parts that sth breaks into 碎片；碎块

◆There were tiny pieces of glass all over the road. 道路上满是碎玻璃渣。

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◆The boat had been smashed

to pieces

on the rocks. 小船在岩石上撞得粉碎。

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◆The vase lay

in pieces

on the floor. 花瓶碎片散落在地上。

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[countable]

one of the parts that sth is made of 零件；部件

◆He

took

the clock to pieces. 他把钟拆散了。

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◆a missing piece of the puzzle拼图玩具未拼上的一片

◆The bridge was taken down piece by piece. 桥梁被一部分一部分地拆下。

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◆a 500-piece jigsaw一副 500 片的拼图玩具

➡ see also

one-piece

two-piece

three-piece

➤single item 单件

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[countable]

(used especially with

and uncountable nouns 尤与 of 和不可数名词连用)

a single item of a particular type, especially one that forms part of a set （尤指一套中的）一件，一台

◆a piece of clothing/furniture/luggage一件衣服／家具／行李

◆a piece of equipment/machinery一台设备／机器

◆a 28-piece dinner service一套 28 件的餐具

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[countable]

~ of sth

used with many uncountable nouns to describe a single example or an amount of sth 条；项；点

◆a

piece of advice/information/news

一条建议／信息／消息

◆an interesting piece of research一项有趣的研究

◆Isn't that a piece of luck? 那难道不是有点运气？

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[countable]

~ (of sth)

a single item of writing, art, music, etc. that sb has produced or created （文章、艺术品、音乐作品等的）一件，一篇，一首，一支

◆a

piece of art/music/poetry, etc.

一件艺术品、一支乐曲、一首诗歌等

◆They performed pieces by Bach and Handel. 他们演奏了巴赫和亨德尔的几支曲子。

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◆

(

formal

)

They have some beautiful pieces

(= works of art, etc.)

in their home. 他们家中珍藏了一些精美的艺术品。

➡ see also

➤news article 新闻报道

[countable]

an article in a newspaper or magazine or a broadcast on television or radio （新闻传媒的）文章，报道

◆Did you see her piece about the Internet in the paper today? 你看了今天报纸上她写的关于互联网的文章没有？

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➡ see also

set piece

➤coin 硬币

[countable]

a coin of the value mentioned （某价值的）硬币

◆a 50p piece一枚 50 便士的硬币

◆a five-cent piece一枚五分的硬币

➤in chess, etc. 国际象棋等

[countable]

one of the small figures or objects that you move around in games such as

chess

棋子

➤share of sth 份额

[singular]

~ of sth

(

especially NAmE

)

a part or share of sth 部分；份额

◆companies seeking a piece of the market争取市场份额的公司

➤gun 枪

[countable]

(

NAmE,

slang

)

a gun 枪支；枪

➤distance 距离

a piece

[singular]

(

old-fashioned,

NAmE,

informal

)

a short distance 短距离；一小段距离

◆She lives down the road a piece from here. 她住在路那头离这里不远的地方。

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HELP You will find other compounds ending in

piece

at their place in the alphabet. 其他以 piece 结尾的复合词可在各字母中的适当位置查到。

●a/some ˌpiece of ˈwork

(

NAmE,

informal

)

used to express the fact that you admire sb or find them amusing, often when they have done sth that surprises you 了不起的人；与众不同的人

◆You're some piece of work, Jack, do you know that? 你知道吗，杰克？你真了不起。

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●fall to ˈpieces 🔑

🔑

(usually used in the progressive tenses 通常用于进行时) (of things 东西) to become very old and in bad condition because of long use 变得破旧不堪

SYN

fall apart

◆Our car is falling to pieces, we've had it so long. 我们的汽车已破旧不堪，我们已用了它很久了。

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🔑

(of a person, an organization, a plan, etc. 人、机构、计划等) to stop working; to be destroyed 停止运作；崩溃；瓦解

◆He's worried the business will fall to pieces without him. 他担心没有了他企业将会倒闭。

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●give sb a piece of your ˈmind

(

informal

)

to tell sb that you disapprove of their behaviour or are angry with them 表明对某人的行为不满；向某人表示恼火

●go to ˈpieces

(

informal

) (of a person 人) to be so upset or afraid that you cannot manage to live or work normally 身心崩溃；沮丧至极

●(all) in one ˈpiece

(

informal

)

safe; not damaged or hurt, especially after a journey or dangerous experience 安然无恙（尤指旅行或经历危险之后）

◆They were lucky to get home in one piece. 他们能平安返家真是幸运。

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●(all) of a ˈpiece

(

formal

)

all the same or similar 一模一样；相仿

◆The houses are all of a piece. 这些房子千篇一律。

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all at the same time 同时；一起

◆The house was built all of a piece in 1754. 整所房子是在 1754 年建造完成的。

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●pick/pull/tear sb/sth to ˈpieces/ˈshreds

(

informal

)

to criticize sb, or their work or ideas, very severely 严厉斥责；痛斥；批评得体无完肤

●a ˌpiece of ˈcake

(

informal

)

a thing that is very easy to do 轻而易举的事；举手之劳

●a ˌpiece of ˈpiss

(

BrE,

taboo,

slang

)

a thing that is very easy to do 小菜一碟；轻而易举的事

●a piece/slice of the ˈaction

(

informal

)

a share or role in an interesting or exciting activity, especially in order to make money 插手，参与（尤指为了赚钱）

◆Foreign firms will all want a piece of the action if the new airport goes ahead. 要是新机场开始修建，外国公司都会来插一手捞好处。

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●ˌbits and ˈpieces/ˈbobs

(

BrE,

informal

)

small objects or items of various kinds 零七碎八；零星物品

◆She stuffed all her bits and pieces into a bag and left. 她把她零零碎碎的东西都塞进了一只包里就走了。

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●how long is a piece of ˈstring?

(

BrE,

informal

)

used to say that there is no definite answer to a question 一条线有多长（意指没有确切的答案）

◆'How long will it take?' 'How long's a piece of string?' “需要多长时间？” “没准儿。”

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●a nasty piece of ˈwork

(

BrE,

informal

)

a person who is unpleasant, unkind or dishonest 恶棍；令人讨厌的人；靠不住的人

●pick up the ˈpieces

to return or to help sb return to a normal situation, particularly after a shock or a disaster （使）恢复；补救；收拾残局

◆You cannot live your children's lives for them; you can only be there to pick up the pieces when things go wrong. 你不能替孩子过活，只能在出现问题时帮忙解决。

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●a ˌpiece/ˌslice/ˌshare of the ˈpie

a share of sth such as money, profits, etc. （金钱、利润等的）一份；一杯羹

●ˌsay your ˈpiece

to say exactly what you feel or think 说出心里话

●the ˈvillain of the piece

(

especially humorous

)

the person or thing that is responsible for all the trouble in a situation 元凶；祸首；症结

🔑 piece

BrE

/piːs/

🔊

NAmE

/piːs/

🔊

verb

present simple - I / you / we / they

piece

BrE

/piːs/

🔊

NAmE

/piːs/

🔊

present simple - he / she / it

pieces

BrE

/ˈpiːsɪz/

🔊

NAmE

/ˈpiːsɪz/

🔊

past simple

pieced

BrE

/piːst/

🔊

NAmE

/piːst/

🔊

past participle

pieced

BrE

/piːst/

🔊

NAmE

/piːst/

🔊

-ing form

piecing

BrE

/ˈpiːsɪŋ/

🔊

NAmE

/ˈpiːsɪŋ/

🔊

●ˌpiece sth↔toˈgether

to understand a story, situation, etc. by taking all the facts and details about it and putting them together 组合资料（以便了解情况）

◆Police are trying to piece together the last hours of her life. 警方正努力理清她在死亡之前数小时的情况。

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to put all the separate parts of sth together to make a complete whole 拼凑；拼合

SYN

assemble

◆to piece together a jigsaw拼合拼图