pie

IPA/paɪ/
KK[pˈaɪ]IPA/paɪ/

pie — 名詞

  • piesingular
  • piesplural

1. a food with pastry around a sweet or savory filling, baked as one dish

1.名詞B1
釋義

派

外有酥皮、內有餡料的烘烤食物

a food with pastry around a sweet or savory filling, baked as one dish

例句

Grandma baked an apple pie for the family picnic by the lake.

奶奶為一家人去湖邊野餐烤了一個蘋果派。

collocation: apple pie

A hot chicken pie waited on the table after the football match.

足球賽後，桌上放著一個熱騰騰的雞肉派。

savory filling: chicken pie

常見搭配
  • apple pie
  • chicken pie
  • fruit pie
  • a slice of pie
  • pie crust
同義詞
  • tart

    often flatter and more often open on top, especially when sweet

  • quiche

    a savory pie with an egg filling, so it is more specific

  • turnover

    a smaller folded pastry, often meant for one person

文法句型

apple pie

chicken pie

a slice of pie

用法筆記

Often used with the filling name before it, as in 'apple pie' or 'meat pie'. The dish may be sweet or savory, unlike sense 2, which means pizza in regional American use.

常見錯誤

I ate one pie of apple.
I ate an apple pie.
English normally puts the filling before 'pie'.

2. an informal regional word for a full pizza in the northeastern United States

2.名詞
釋義

披薩

整個披薩的美式口語說法

an informal regional word for a full pizza in the northeastern United States

例句

Two friends ordered a large pie with mushrooms at the station pizza counter.

兩個朋友在車站的披薩櫃台點了一個加蘑菇的大披薩。

regional informal use: pie = pizza

The cook slid another pie into the brick oven near the window.

廚師把另一個披薩推進窗邊的磚窯裡。

常見搭配
  • order a pie
  • a large pie
  • hot pie
  • one pie feeds four
同義詞
  • pizza

    the standard and much more widely used word

  • whole pizza

    makes the size clear when one pie means the full round dish

文法句型

order a pie

a large pie

one pie feeds four

用法筆記

Common in informal American English, especially in the Northeast. Distinguish from sense 1: this use means pizza, not a baked pastry dish.

常見錯誤

We shared two pies at lunch
We shared two slices of pizza at lunch.
in this sense, 'pie' usually means a whole pizza, not one piece.

3. the letters used as a short form for Proto-Indo-European, an ancient earlier lan

3.名詞
釋義

印歐祖語

原始印歐語的縮寫說法

the letters used as a short form for Proto-Indo-European, an ancient earlier language behind many European and some Asian languages

例句

The class notes say PIE is the parent of many European languages.

課堂筆記寫著，PIE 是許多歐洲語言共同的祖先語言。

abbreviation: PIE = Proto-Indo-European

Our teacher wrote PIE above Greek, Latin, and Sanskrit on the board.

老師在黑板上把 PIE 寫在 Greek、Latin 和 Sanskrit 的上方。

常見搭配
  • study PIE
  • PIE roots
  • PIE sound change
  • PIE word
同義詞

文法句型

study PIE

PIE roots

PIE sound change

用法筆記

Written in capital letters and mainly used in linguistics. In full form, people usually write or say 'Proto-Indo-European' instead.

常見錯誤

PIE was spoken in Rome.
Latin was spoken in Rome; PIE is a much earlier reconstructed language.
PIE names a parent language, not historical Latin.
慣用語

as American as apple pie

idiom

Something that is very typical of the United States or its culture.

典型美國式的

Baseball is as American as apple pie for many fans.

Did you find that parade as American as apple pie?

as nice as pie

idiom

Very kind and friendly, often unexpectedly so.

非常友善的

After the argument, he was as nice as pie to me.

Was the new teacher as nice as pie on the first day?

eat humble pie

idiom

To admit you were wrong and apologize for a mistake.

認錯道歉

After losing the bet, Diego had to eat humble pie.

Did the CEO eat humble pie after the failed project?

have a finger in every pie

idiom

To be involved in many different activities, often annoyingly.

事事插手

Sara has a finger in every pie at the office.

Does your neighbor have a finger in every pie in the community?

a piece/slice/share of the pie

idiom

A portion of the money or benefits that you think you deserve.

應得的一份

Each partner wants a slice of the pie from the deal.

Did the workers get their share of the pie this year?

pie in the sky

idiom

An unlikely or impossible dream or plan.

空中樓閣

His plan to become a millionaire is just pie in the sky.

Is that promise of free housing pie in the sky?

pie — 動詞