| 释义 |
pie
I. \ˈpī\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pica; akin to Latin picus woodpecker, Old High German speh, speht, Old Norse spǣtr and perhaps to Sanskrit pika cuckoo
1.
a. : magpie 1
b. dialect chiefly Britain : magpie 2
2.
a. obsolete : a cunning or wily person
b. archaic : a voluble, talkative, or impudent person
3. : a pied or parti-colored animal
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, perhaps from pie (I)
1.
a. : a food usually consisting of meat or fruit baked in or under dough especially in a dish or pan lined with pastry or topped with pastry or both
< deep-dish pie >
< apple pie >
b. : a layer of cake split in half horizontally and spread with a custard, cream, or jam filling — see boston cream pie, washington pie
2. : something resembling a pie
< mud pie >
3. : a heap or pile: as
a. dialect England : a pile of potatoes or other root crop stored in a pit and covered with straw
b. dialect England : a manure pile
4. : something easy or much desired
< caught him, and the rest was pie — G.F.T.Ryall >
< we can get four million dollars, easy as pie — Nancy Rutledge >
< if there is going to be any pie, they want to be in — New Republic >
5.
a. : affair, business, undertaking
< she wanted her finger … in every possible social pie — Mary Deasy >
b. : a whole regarded as divisible into shares
< industry is getting its share of the prosperity pie — A.H.Raskin >
III. noun
or pye \“\
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, probably from pie (I)
1. : a table or collection of ecclesiastical rules used in England before the Reformation to ascertain the proper service or office for the day
2. obsolete : an alphabetical index or catalog (as of court records)
IV.
variant of pi
V. noun
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Etymology: Hindi pāī, from Sanskrit pādikā quarter, from pāda foot, leg, quarter — more at foot
1. : a former monetary unit of India and Pakistan equal to 1/192 rupee
2. : a coin representing one pie unit |