[N-COUNT 可数名词]金字塔Pyramids are ancient stone buildings with four triangular sloping sides. The most famous pyramids are those built in ancient Egypt to contain the bodies of their kings and queens.
We set off to see the Pyramids and Sphinx.
我们出发去看金字塔和狮身人面像。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]角锥体;棱锥体 A pyramid is a shape, object, or pile of things with a flat base and sloping triangular sides that meet at a point.
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On a plate in front of him was piled a pyramid of flat white biscuits.
在他面前的盘子上有一摞摆成金字塔形状的白色薄饼。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]金字塔式结构(或组织、体系) You can describe something as a pyramid when it is organized so that there are fewer people at each level as you go towards the top.
Traditionally, the Brahmins, or the priestly class, are set at the top of the social pyramid.
传统上,婆罗门,或称僧侣阶级,处于社会金字塔的顶端。
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pyra·mid/ˈpɪrəmɪd; NAmEˈpɪrəmɪd/noun _buildings_comp.jpg _pyramid.jpg 1a large building with a square or triangularbase and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top. The ancient Egyptians built stone pyramidsas places to bury their kings and queens. (古埃及的)金字塔2( geometry 几何) a solid shape with a square or triangularbase and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top 锥体;棱锥体3an object or a pile of things that has the shape of a pyramid金字塔形的物体(或一堆东西)◆a pyramid of cans in a shop window商店橱窗中摆成金字塔形的罐头4an organization or a system in which there are fewer people at each level as you get near the top 金字塔式的组织(或系统)◆a management pyramid金字塔式管理系统▶pyr·am·idal/ˈpɪrəmɪdl; NAmEˈpɪrəmɪdl/adjectivepyramidpyramidspyra·mid/ˈpɪrəmɪd; NAmEˈpɪrəmɪd/pyr·am·idal/ˈpɪrəmɪdl; NAmEˈpɪrəmɪdl/
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pyramidpyr‧a‧mid /ˈpɪrəmɪd/ ●○○ noun [countable]
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1pyramid (1)a large stone building with four triangular (=three-sided) walls that slope in to a point at the top, especially in Egypt and Central America2[usually singular] a system, society, company etc that is organized in different levels, so that there is a small number of people at the top and a much larger number of people at the bottom: different levels of the management pyramid At the bottom of the pyramid are the poor.3a pile of objects that have been put into the shape of a pyramidpyramid of a pyramid of oranges4an object shaped like a pyramid—pyramidal /pɪˈræmɪdl/ adjective
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