pie
noun /paɪ/
/paɪ/
[countable, uncountable]Idioms - a baked dish of fruit or meat and/or vegetables with pastry on the bottom, sides and top
肉馅饼;蔬菜馅饼 - a slice of apple pie
一块苹果派 - a steak and kidney pie
牛肉腰子馅饼 - Help yourself to some more pie.
请随意再吃些果馅饼吧。 - What’s the filling in these pies?
这些馅饼是什么馅的? - a pie dish
一份果馅饼
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- apple
- chicken
- meat
- …
- piece
- slice
- bake
- cook
- make
- …
- filling
- dish
- pan
- …
- in a/the pie
词源Middle English: probably the same word as pie, used in the naming of birds; the various combinations of ingredients being compared to objects randomly collected by a magpie. - a slice of apple pie
Idioms
as American as apple pie
- used to say that something is typical of America
典型美国式的;地道美国式的
as easy as anything/as pie/as ABC/as falling off a log
- (informal) very easy or very easily
十分容易;极容易;轻而易举 - The whole procedure is as easy as ABC.
整个程序和ABC一样简单。 - Fooling him was as easy as falling off a log.
愚弄他就像从木头上掉下来一样容易。
- The whole procedure is as easy as ABC.
as nice as pie
- (informal) very kind and friendly, especially when you are not expecting it
非常友好的,很善良的(尤指出乎意料)
eat humble pie
(North American English also eat crow)
- to say and show that you are sorry for a mistake that you made
认错;道歉;赔罪
have a finger in every pie
- (informal) to be involved in a lot of different activities and have influence over them, especially when other people think that this is annoying
多管闲事;到处干预
a piece/slice/share of the pie
(British English also a slice/share of the cake)
- a share of the available money or benefits that you believe you have a right to
(金钱、利润等的)一份;一杯羹 - The company is demanding a larger slice of the corporate pie.
该公司要求从公司蛋糕中分得更大的一块。
- The company is demanding a larger slice of the corporate pie.
pie in the sky
- (informal) an event that somebody talks about that seems very unlikely to happen
难以实现的事;幻想的事;空中楼阁 - This talk of moving to Australia is all just pie in the sky.
移居澳大利亚之说纯属异想天开。
- This talk of moving to Australia is all just pie in the sky.