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pyramid n.金字塔；棱锥体；[证券]金字塔式交易法v.急速增加；以金字塔的模型构建 (1) 埃及以巨大的金字塔闻名。(2) 拉格朗日是数学科学中高耸的金字塔。(3) 金字塔给科学知识的组织提供了一个有用的概念性模型。 Besides being a polyhedron shape, pyramid can also represent shady financial dealings. If you've got a pyramid scheme — and if you do, you may be reading this from your jail cell — you have people buy into your "investment" and then they recruit others to buy in, too. The early investors rise in the pyramid and are then paid "returns" out of the funds paid in by the new investors they've recruited (the pyramid base), and on and on.

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英 ['pɪrəmɪd] 美 ['pɪrəmɪd] (1) Egypt is famous for its grand pyramid.(2) Lagrange is the lofty pyramid of mathematical sciences.(3) A pyramid provides a useful conceptual model for organizing scientific knowledge. When you think pyramid, you're probably picturing the famous pyramids of Egypt — the enormous triangular monuments where pharaohs were buried thousands of years ago. 1[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。2[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.   [usu N of n]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。3[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。

英语单词	pyramid
英美音标	英 ['pɪrəmɪd] 美 ['pɪrəmɪd]
中文释义	n.金字塔；棱锥体；[证券]金字塔式交易法 v.急速增加；以金字塔的模型构建
英语例句	(1) Egypt is famous for its grand pyramid. (2) Lagrange is the lofty pyramid of mathematical sciences. (3) A pyramid provides a useful conceptual model for organizing scientific knowledge.
中文例句	(1) 埃及以巨大的金字塔闻名。 (2) 拉格朗日是数学科学中高耸的金字塔。 (3) 金字塔给科学知识的组织提供了一个有用的概念性模型。
vocabulary简明	When you think pyramid, you're probably picturing the famous pyramids of Egypt — the enormous triangular monuments where pharaohs were buried thousands of years ago.
vocabulary扩展	Besides being a polyhedron shape, pyramid can also represent shady financial dealings. If you've got a pyramid scheme — and if you do, you may be reading this from your jail cell — you have people buy into your "investment" and then they recruit others to buy in, too. The early investors rise in the pyramid and are then paid "returns" out of the funds paid in by the new investors they've recruited (the pyramid base), and on and on.
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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. [usu N of n] 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。 3 [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。

Pyramid Egypt Famous Triangular N Count 可数名词 Shape People