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pieBrE /paɪ/NAmE /paɪ/ noun [C, U] fruit baked in a dish with pastry on 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 (especially BrE) meat, vegetables, etc. baked in a dish with pastry on 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  ●a 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。●as Aˌmerican as apple ˈpieused to say that sth is typical of America 典型美国式的；地道美国式的●as ˌeasy as ˈanything/as ˈpie/as ABˈC/as falling off a ˈlog(informal) very easy or very easily 十分容易；极容易；轻而易举●eat humble ˈpie(NAmE also eat ˈcrow) to say and show that you are sorry for a mistake that you made 认错；道歉；赔罪 ORIGIN From a pun on the old word umbles, meaning 'offal', which was considered to be food for poor people. 源自古词 umbles 的双关谐音，意为 “内脏”，被认为是穷人的食物。●have a finger in every ˈpie(informal) to be involved in a lot of different activities and have influence over them, especially when other people think that this is annoying 多管闲事；到处干预●as ˌnice as ˈpie(informal) very kind and friendly, especially when you are not expecting it 非常友好的，很善良的（尤指出乎意料） |