Piece

[piːs] or [pis]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a separate part of a whole; 'an important piece of the evidence'.

(noun.) an item that is an instance of some type; 'he designed a new piece of equipment'; 'she bought a lovely piece of china';.

(noun.) a distance; 'it is down the road a piece'.

(noun.) an artistic or literary composition; 'he wrote an interesting piece on Iran'; 'the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests'.

(noun.) an instance of some kind; 'it was a nice piece of work'; 'he had a bit of good luck'.

(noun.) a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; 'a piece of pie'; 'a slice of bread'.

(verb.) repair by adding pieces; 'She pieced the china cup'.

(verb.) join during spinning; 'piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings'.

手打:凯勒--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piece of sugar; to break in pieces.

(n.) A definite portion or quantity, as of goods or work; as, a piece of broadcloth; a piece of wall paper.

(n.) Any one thing conceived of as apart from other things of the same kind; an individual article; a distinct single effort of a series; a definite performance

(n.) A literary or artistic composition; as, a piece of poetry, music, or statuary.

(n.) A musket, gun, or cannon; as, a battery of six pieces; a following piece.

(n.) A coin; as, a sixpenny piece; -- formerly applied specifically to an English gold coin worth 22 shillings.

(n.) A fact; an item; as, a piece of news; a piece of knowledge.

(n.) An individual; -- applied to a person as being of a certain nature or quality; often, but not always, used slightingly or in contempt.

(n.) One of the superior men, distinguished from a pawn.

(n.) A castle; a fortified building.

(v. t.) To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; as, to piece a garment; -- often with out.

(v. t.) To unite; to join; to combine.

(v. i.) To unite by a coalescence of parts; to fit together; to join.

丹尼斯校對

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Part, portion, section, fragment, bit, scrap.[2]. Composition, writing, lucubration, literary production.[3]. Gun, cannon, fire-arm.

巴尔托迪編輯

解釋/意思:

n. a part of anything: a single article: a definite quantity as of cloth or paper: an amount of work to be done at one time: a separate performance: a literary or artistic composition: a gun: a coin: a man in chess or draughts: a person generally a woman in contempt.—v.t. to enlarge by adding a piece: to patch.—v.i. to unite by a joining of parts: to join.—n.pl. Piece′-goods cotton linen woollen or silk fabrics sold retail in varying lengths.—adj. Piece′less not made of pieces: entire.—adv. Piece′meal in pieces or fragments: by pieces: little by little: bit by bit: gradually.—adj. made of pieces: single: separate.—ns. Piec′ener a piecer; Piec′ening or Piec′ing the act of mending esp. the joining of the ends of yarn thread &c. so as to repair breaks; Piec′er a boy or girl employed in a spinning-factory to join broken threads; Piece′work work done by the piece or quantity rather than by time.—Pié‘“e de ré–Ÿistance principal piece: chief event or performance: chief dish at a dinner; Piece of eight the Spanish peso duro ('hard dollar') bearing the numeral 8 of the value of 8 reals (prob. the sign $ is derived from this); Piece out to put together bit by bit; Piece up to patch up.—Give a piece of one's mind to give a rating frankly to any one's face; Of a piece as if of the same piece the same in nature &c.

整理:康拉德