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pie

/pahy/US // paɪ //UK // (paɪ) //

馅饼,饼,饼类,派

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust: apple pie; meat pie.
    • : a layer cake with a filling of custard, cream jelly, or the like: chocolate cream pie.
    • : a total or whole that can be divided: They want a bigger part of the profit pie.
    • : an activity or affair: He has his finger in the political pie too.
    • : pizza.

Phrases

  • pie in the sky
  • apple-pie order
  • easy as pie
  • eat crow (humble pie)
  • finger in the pie
  • slice of the pie

Synonyms & Antonyms

as infeasible
Forms: pies
Antonyms

Examples

  • A lot of times, somebody’s “secret family recipe” for pumpkin pie is just the recipe off the back of the can of Libby’s pumpkin puree.

  • Others, fearing the potential for super-spreaders to hide among the pie stands and farm rows, worry that travelers could bring a second wave of infections to their doorsteps.

  • With about 79% of private employers with 500 or more employees self-funding their health-care benefits, Verily is betting it can grab a piece of a very large pie.

  • The pie is not fixed, and our interactions may be more positive-sum than not.

  • “Screaming, marching and signs are not the whole pie,” he said.

  • The process of co-opting black music and selling it back to the adoring public in whiteface is as American as apple pie.

  • Not enough black films are being made to warrant a piece of the pie.

  • This is a twist on a classic American pot pie but dressed up for company.

  • Think one small piece of pie or a half-cup of eggnog, says Zied, will do the trick.

  • Another vital way to expand the pie is to collaborate with industry partners.

  • Having achieved this feat he sighed again, and applied himself assiduously to the pie.

  • I want Mis' Calvert to taste it, an' when she does she'll say she never knew before what cherry pie could be!

  • Mis' Spencer, you set that cherry pie o' yourn on this particular spot an' figure of this table-cloth!

  • I dont think much of this jam pie, complained Chet, holding up a wedge that he had taken from his sisters basket.

  • Tessa was shallow and she sighed and asked her if she would take apple pie.