单词 | pies |
释义 | pie1 /pī/noun
ORIGIN: Origin unknown; poss from pie3, as a miscellaneous collector; the Gaelic pighe is from English pie chart, pie diagram or pie graph noun A circle divided into sections by radii so as to show relative numbers or quantities pieˈ-counter noun
pieˈcrust noun The pastry covering or enclosing a pie piecrust table noun A Chippendale table with a carved raised edge pieˈdish noun A deep dish in which pies are made pieˈ-eyed adjective (slang) Drunk pieˈman noun Someone who sells pies, esp in the street pieˈ-plant noun (US dialect) Rhubarb pieˈ-shop noun a finger in the pie see under finger Périgord pie A pie of partridge flavoured with truffles (Périgord, France, now contained in the departments of Dordogne and Lot-et-Garonne) pie in the sky Some improbable future good promised without guarantee (from an early 20c song) pie2, pye or pi /pī/noun
To reduce to pie ORIGIN: Origin obscure; perh connected with pie1, or pie4 pie3 /pī/noun
ORIGIN: Fr, from L pīca pie4 or pye /pī/nounA book of rules for determining the Church office for the day ORIGIN: LL pīca, poss the same as L pīca magpie (from the black-and-white appearance of the page) by cock and pie (Shakespeare) An altered oath, appar by God and the pie pie5 /pī/nounA former unit of currency in India, worth 1/3 of a pice, or 1/12 of an anna ORIGIN: Marathi pā᾽ī a fourth |
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