The word "pie" primarily describes a baked dish with a pastry crust, filled with fruit or meat. It can also be used in idioms like "pie in the sky" (an unrealistic hope) or "a piece of the pie" (a share of something).
The word "pie" primarily describes a baked dish with a pastry crust, filled with fruit or meat. It can also be used in idioms like "pie in the sky" (an unrealistic hope) or "a piece of the pie" (a share of something).
;馅饼,派(内有肉、蔬菜或水果的西式点心) A pie consists of meat, vegetables, or fruit baked in pastry.
...a pork pie.
猪肉馅饼
...apple pie and custard.
苹果派和蛋奶糕
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[PHRASE 短语]难以付诸实施的构想(或计划);渺茫的希望;空口的许诺 If you describe an idea, plan, or promise of something good as pie in the sky, you mean that you think that it is very unlikely to happen.
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The true regeneration of devastated Docklands seemed like pie in the sky...
遭毁坏码头区的真正重建看起来希望渺茫。
He can't help thinking it's all just 'pie in the sky' talk.
他禁不住想所有这些不过是“画饼充饥”的空话而已。
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to eat humble pie→see:
humble
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Oxford
pie/paɪ; NAmEpaɪ/noun[countable , uncountable ]1fruit baked in a dish with pastryon the bottom, sides and top 果馅饼;果馅派◆a slice of apple pie一块苹果派◆Help yourself to some more pie.请随意再吃些果馅饼吧。◆a pie dish一份果馅饼☞see also
custard pie
2( especially BrE) meat, vegetables, etc. baked in a dish with pastryon the bottom, sides and top 肉馅饼;蔬菜馅饼◆a steak and kidney pie牛肉腰子馅饼☞see also
mince pie
,
pork pie
,
shepherd's pie
IDIOMSa ˌpiece/ˌslice/ˌshare of the ˈpiea share of sth such as money, profits, etc. (金钱、利润等的)一份;一杯羹ˌpie in the ˈsky( informal) an event that sb 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。☞more at Americanadj.,
easy
adj.,
eat
,
finger
n.,
nice
piepiespiedpieingpie/paɪ; NAmEpaɪ/
LDC
piepie /paɪ/ ●●●S2 noun [countable, uncountable]
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1pie (1)fruit baked inside a pastry coveringslice/piece of pie Would you like another piece of apple pie?2British English meat or vegetables baked inside a pastry or potato covering: I had steak and kidney pie with chips.3slice/share/piece of the pie a share of something such as money, profits etc: The smaller companies want a bigger share of the pie.4pie in the sky something good that someone says will happen, but which you think is impossible or unlikely: Hope of a cure is just pie in the sky. →
mud pie
, pie chart
, → easy as pie
at easy1(1)
, → eat humble pie
at humble1(6)
, → have a finger in every pie
at finger1(7)
, → be as nice as pie
at nice(11)
WDF
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pies[3944]
馅饼(85%),饼图(12%),喜鹊(3%)
n.馅饼;饼图;爱说话的人
vt.使杂乱
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