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ldoce_258_jpiece1 /piːs/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countableC] → peace
1  piece_cheese.jpg amount 量PIECE an amount of something that has been separated from the main part 片；塊；段；截
piece of
He broke off a piece of bread and gave it her.
他掰下一塊面包遞給她。
Cut off a piece of wood 5 cm in length.
截下一段五厘米長的木頭。
His trousers were held up with a piece of string.
他的褲子靠一根細繩系着。
Would you like a small or a large piece?
你想要一小塊還是一大塊？
cut/divide etc something into pieces
She cut the cake into four equal pieces.
她把蛋糕切成大小相等的四塊。
Chop the potato into bite-sized pieces.
把馬鈴薯切成小塊。
→5  See picture of a piece of meat 一塊肉, a chunk of bread 一大塊面包, fragments of glass 玻璃碎片 ...
2  part 部分 one of the parts that something divides or breaks into 碎片，碎塊；斷片，切片
piece of
a piece of broken glass
一片碎玻璃
Individual pieces of text can be cut and pasted to their correct position.
文字的每一段都可以剪貼到正確位置上。
in pieces
The china dish lay in pieces on the floor.
瓷盤碎片散落在地上。
jigsaw pieces
拼圖的拼片
His father had taught him how to take a gun to pieces.
他父親教過他怎麽拆槍。
The shelving comes to pieces (=divides into separate parts) for easy transport.
架子可以拆卸，以便運輸。
The shower head just came to pieces (=broke into separate parts) in my hand.
花灑就在我手中裂開了。
The fireplace was carefully dismantled piece by piece (=one part at a time).
壁爐被小心地逐塊拆下。
► see thesaurus at part
3  single item 單個物品 a single thing of a particular type, or something that is one of several similar things 一個；一片；一塊；一件；一張
piece of
Pass me another piece of paper.
再給我一張紙。
You should eat three pieces of fruit a day.
你應該每天吃三個水果。
She was wearing a single piece of jewellery.
她只戴了一件首飾。
You need to examine every piece of evidence first.
你首先要檢查每一件證據。
an excellent piece of work
一件出色的作品
a major piece of legislation
一項主要立法
a piece of equipment
一台設備
four-piece/60-piece etc (=consisting of four, 60 etc separate parts) 四件的/60件的等
a five-piece band
五人樂隊
a three-piece suite (=two chairs and a sofa)
三件套沙發
4  small amount 少量 [usually singular] a small amount of something that is interesting, useful, or unusual in some way 一點
piece of advice/information/gossip etc
Let me give you a piece of advice.
讓我給你一點忠告吧。
We’re witnessing a piece of history in the making.
我們正在見證一段新的歷史。
piece of luck/good fortune
It really was an extraordinary piece of luck.
那真是特别幸運。
5  land 土地AREA an area of land 〔土地〕一片
piece of
a piece of waste ground
一片荒地
a dispute about a piece of land
一塊土地引起的糾紛
6  fall to pieces BREAK
a) to become old and in bad condition 破敗，殘破
All my clothes are falling to pieces.
我所有的衣服都破舊不堪。
They’ve let that lovely old house fall to pieces around them.
他們任由那所漂亮的老房子在他們身邊日漸衰敗。
b) to no longer be successful or working well 沒落；崩潰，瓦解
The economy is falling to pieces.
經濟日漸凋零。
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fall to pieces• I suppose it's just about falling to pieces.• He hated playing agony aunt but he couldn't afford to have Hirschfeldt falling to pieces.• After he left, I fell to pieces.• The Soviet Union is falling to pieces; a bloody struggle for those pieces can not be ruled out.• As a result, now that the autumn rains were here, it was already showing signs of falling to pieces.• The house was filthy, she realized, practically falling to pieces.• If reforms are not carried out soon, the economy will simply fall to pieces.• The media seemed to be willing the marriage to fall to pieces.• Supposing the union fell to pieces, these were the fracture lines along which it would naturally break.• The vase fell to pieces as soon as it hit the floor.• Stacy would fall to pieces if she knew Gary was cheating on her.
7  go to pieces NERVOUSif a person or what they do goes to pieces, they are so upset or nervous that they cannot live, work, or perform as they should 〔因傷心、緊張不安而〕崩潰，垮掉
He just went to pieces after his wife died.
妻子去世後他完全垮了。
Her performance goes to pieces when her father is watching.
爸爸觀看她演出的時候，她緊張得完全亂了套。
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go to pieces• I almost went to pieces in that room.• The ship broke in half, tumbled over the precipice, and went to pieces.• Keeping busy was the only thing that kept her from going to pieces during the divorce.• It seems he goes to pieces in a crisis, then.• With their old taboos discredited, they immediately go to pieces, disintegrate, and become re-sorts of vice and disease.• I was so nervous in my driving test I just went to pieces.• When they lost the family business, Liz went to pieces.• That's perhaps why things began to go to pieces when the boy was born.• He was going to pieces inside, just as Lorton intended, and he didn't like it.
8  smash/rip/tear something to pieces DAMAGEto damage something badly by breaking it into many parts 把某物摔成/撕成碎片
His arm was ripped to pieces by a shark.
他的一只胳膊被鲨魚撕碎了。
Wear thick gloves, otherwise you’ll tear your fingers to pieces.
戴上厚手套，否則會弄破手指的。
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smash/rip/tear something to pieces• I had been given the power to obliterate, to steal a body from its grave and tear it to pieces.• And having got under them, he can't half tear them to pieces.• He was thrown from his chariot and his horses tore him to pieces and devoured him.• Telling me the strangest things sometimes, evil things - till I want to shout out or smash them to pieces.• We are lost, for they will surely tear us to pieces with their sharp claws.• If Hyde returns while I am writing this confession, he will tear it to pieces to annoy me.• Brandon Thomas opted to unveil his Aunt away from London fearful that the capital's theatre critics would tear it to pieces.
9  pull/rip/tear somebody/something to pieces CRITICIZEto criticize someone or their ideas very severely 嚴厲批評某人[某人的觀點]
Donna could tear your work to pieces, and frequently did.
唐娜能把你的工作批評得一無是處，她經常這樣。
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pull/rip/tear somebody/something to pieces• I had been given the power to obliterate, to steal a body from its grave and tear it to pieces.• And having got under them, he can't half tear them to pieces.• He was thrown from his chariot and his horses tore him to pieces and devoured him.• We are lost, for they will surely tear us to pieces with their sharp claws.• If Hyde returns while I am writing this confession, he will tear it to pieces to annoy me.• They will tear you to pieces.• Brandon Thomas opted to unveil his Aunt away from London fearful that the capital's theatre critics would tear it to pieces.
10  art/music etc 藝術/音樂等A something that has been produced by an artist, musician, or writer 〔藝術家、音樂家或作家的〕作品
piece of music/writing/sculpture etc
some unusual pieces of sculpture
一些獨特的雕塑作品
The LSO will perform a much-loved concert piece.
倫敦交響樂團將演奏一首深受歡迎的音樂會曲目。
► see thesaurus at music
11  news item 新聞TCN a short article in a newspaper or magazine or part of a television or radio programme that is about a particular subject 〔報紙、雜志的〕文章，短文；〔電視、電台的〕報道
piece about/on
Did you read that piece in ‘The Observer’ about censorship?
觀察家報》上那篇有關審查制度的文章你看了嗎？
Robert wrote a short piece on the earthquake.
羅伯特寫了一篇關於地震的短文。
12  in one piece INJURE informal if you arrive somewhere in one piece, you are not injured 安然無恙的
Cheer up. At least you’re still in one piece.
振作一點，至少你還是平平安安的。
Ring Mum and let her know we got here in one piece.
給媽媽打電話，告訴她我們平安到達了。
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in one piece• The china arrived all in one piece, thank God.• I was extremely relieved when my son came back from the warzone all in one piece.• All she wanted was for me to come back in one piece.• It would explain how Greg manages to be in one piece while the Lorelei is nothing but a few planks of driftwood.• I don't know how we got the piano down in one piece!• At one point, maybe, it was when they arrived home in one piece from school.• Lowering the tender took care and patience if they wanted to keep it in one piece.• All you wanted to do was get out of it in one piece, go home, and get a job.• The fatty skin covering should easily lift off in one piece.• It should fall out in one piece.• When they get there the china cabinet is still in one piece but the budgie is dead.• Unlike Ed, Josh returned from the war in one piece.
13  give somebody a piece of your mind informalANGRY to tell someone that you are very angry with them 告訴某人你很生他的氣
After the game he gave the players a piece of his mind.
賽後他對隊員大發脾氣。
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give somebody a piece of your mind• I was so mad that I called back and gave her a piece of my mind.• She'd give Gloria a piece of her mind when she got home!• I begin to pronounce the sequence of words and numbers that will prevent her from giving him a piece of her mind.• If one of the kids is being sassy, Inez gives them a piece of her mind.• Boy, am I going to give him a piece of my mind when I see him.• But it was worth it, to give Hilda Machin a piece of her mind.• She managed to manoeuvre into the remaining space and got out to give somebody a piece of her mind.• Ready to give somebody a piece of her mind, Aunt Pat strode to the front door and flung it open.
14  be a piece of cake informalEASY to be very easy to do 很容易做，是輕而易舉的事
Landing this type of aircraft is a piece of cake for an experienced pilot.
對於經驗豐富的飛行員來說，駕駛這種飛機着陸輕而易舉。
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be a piece of cake• The one he was allocated, Parky, a homely, Hoomey-sized bay, was a piece of cake compared with Bones.• Should be a piece of cake.• Normally, walking along tarmac is a piece of cake after the rocky excursion along a ridge.• That was a piece of cake compared to finding a square mile without an ad.• My bone marrow was harvested a couple of weeks ago and the whole thing was a piece of cake.• Glacier walking is a piece of cake; well this bit was, with rolling hills of dazzling serenity.• But there is no use pretending the Saturn-Pluto effect will be a piece of cake.
15. be a piece of piss British EnglishBrE spoken not polite to be very easy to do 是小菜一碟，是不費吹灰之力的事
16  a piece of the action informalPROFIT a share of the money from a business activity 〔商業活動中獲得的〕一份收益
And will foreign firms get a piece of the action?
那麽外國公司能從中得到什麽好處嗎？
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a piece of the action• After five years in middle management, I'm ready for a real piece of the action.• A police station, so help me, is a piece of the action.• But the General wanted a piece of the action.• But the real race is to adapt the superbike for road use before rivals grab a piece of the action.• His successors never again ran the town, as he did, but they always had a piece of the action.• It's not only the players who want a piece of the action.• Nation shall speak peace unto nation, and I shall grab a piece of the action.• Or did evil Uncle Humbert destroy it, because under the law he would then get a piece of the action?• Will foreign firms get a piece of the action?
17  be (all) of a piece 
a) SAMEif the things someone says or does are all of a piece, they are part of the typical behaviour of that person 總是說同樣的話[做同樣的事]
be (all) of a piece with
Sexist language is all of a piece with the way some men treat women.
有些男性對女性總是使用有性别歧視的語言。
b) SAMEto be the same or similar in all parts 一模一樣；相仿
The architecture here is all of a piece.
這裏的建築千篇一律。
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be (all) of a piece• My body was all of a piece, it did not have any seams.• It was all of a piece with them.• It was of a piece with the neglected timber, the weedy gravel and the minatory notices which guarded the bounds.• Murray's sensitive readings of Marvell's poetry argue that the life is of a piece with the work.• But it really is all of a piece in the end.• Lehane does, but then that is of a piece with the rest of this marvellous book.
18  money 錢
a) MONEYa coin of a particular value 〔某種幣值的〕硬幣
ten pence/50-cent etc piece
Have you change for a 50-cent piece?
你有沒有50分硬幣的零錢？
b) old usePEC a coin 硬幣
Robert slipped two gold pieces into the man’s hand.
羅伯特往那男人手裏塞了兩枚金幣。
19. games 遊戲DGB a small object used in a game such as chess 〔棋類遊戲等中的〕棋子
20. gun 槍 American EnglishAmE informalWEAPON a small gun 〔小型〕槍
n21  across the piece in all parts of an organization, system, activity etc SYN across the board
We will be making changes across the piece.
22. be a (real) piece of work spoken informal especially American EnglishAmE to be someone who does nasty things or deceives people in order to get what they want （真）是個討厭的家夥［騙子］
23. be a piece of shit/crap spoken not politeBAD used to show that you do not respect someone or something they say 是廢話/是個廢物〔用於表示不尊敬他人所說的人或事物〕
24. piece of ass American EnglishAmE informal not politeSEX/HAVE SEX WITH an offensive expression for a woman. Do not use this expression. 女人，雌兒
→ how long is a piece of string? at long1(9)
 THESAURUS
piece an amount of something that has been cut or separated from the main part 片；塊；段；截
Could I have another piece of cake?
我可以再吃一塊蛋糕嗎？
a piece of broken glass
一塊碎玻璃
nEmma cut the pie into eight pieces.
bit a piece. Bit is more informal than piece and is often used about smaller pieces 小片；小塊〔與piece相比,bit 更爲不正式〕
The notes were written on bits of paper.
筆記都寫在小紙片上。
He threw a bit of wood onto the fire.
他把一小截木頭丢進火裏。
lump a small piece of something solid or firm that does not have a regular shape 塊〔指形狀不規則的固體〕
two lumps of sugar
兩塊糖
a lump of coal
一塊煤
a lump of clay
一塊黏土
scrap a small piece of paper, cloth etc that is no longer needed 〔廢棄的〕小片；小塊
I wrote the phone number on a scrap of paper.
我將電話號碼寫在一張廢紙片上。
The dog was eating scraps of food off the floor.
狗在吃地上的食物碎屑。
strip a long narrow piece of cloth, paper etc 〔布或紙等的〕條,帶
a strip of cloth
一截布條
The leather had been cut into strips.
那張皮被切成一條條的。
sheet a thin flat piece of something such as paper, glass, or metal 〔紙、玻璃、金屬的〕薄片，薄板
a blank sheet of paper
一張空白紙
a sheet of aluminium
一塊鋁片
slice a thin flat piece of bread, cake, meat etc cut from a larger piece 〔切下的〕薄片
a slice of pizza
一片比薩餅
Cut the tomatoes into thin slices.
將西紅柿切成薄片。
chunk a piece of something solid that does not have a regular shape – used especially about food, rock, or metal 厚塊,大塊,厚片〔指形狀不規則的固體,尤指食物、石頭或金屬〕
The fruit was cut into large chunks.
這水果被切成大塊。
a chunk of bread
一大塊面包
hunk a large piece with rough edges, which has been cut or has broken off a bigger piece of food, rock etc 大塊，大片〔指切下或掰下的食物、石頭等〕
a big hunk of cheese
一大塊幹酪
hunks of concrete
水泥塊
block a piece of something solid, which has straight sides 〔平整的〕大塊
concrete blocks
大塊水泥
a block of cheese
一大塊幹酪
a block of ice
一大塊冰
slab a thick flat piece of stone, or of cake, meat etc 〔石頭、蛋糕、肉等的〕厚塊,厚板
The floor had been made from stone slabs.
地面用石板鋪成。
a slab of beef
厚厚一塊牛肉
cube a piece that has six square sides – used especially about food 〔立方體的〕一塊〔尤指食物〕
a cube of sugar
一塊方糖
ice cubes
冰塊
nwedge a piece that has a thick end and a pointed end, and is shaped like a triangle – used especially about food and metal
a wedge of cheese
bar a block of soap, chocolate, candy, or metal, which has straight sides 〔肥皂、巧克力、糖果、金屬等平整的〕條,塊
a chocolate bar
一塊巧克力
a bar of soap
一塊肥皂
gold bars worth more than £26 million
價值2，600多萬英鎊的金條
rasher British EnglishBrE a slice of bacon 薄片熏豬肉
I usually have two rashers of bacon for breakfast.
我通常早餐吃兩片薄薄的熏豬肉。
a small piece 小片,小塊
fragment a small piece that has broken off something, especially something hard 碎片〔尤指堅硬物體〕
The window shattered, covering them with fragments of glass.
窗戶碎了,玻璃碴子落了他們一身。
They found fragments of bone.
他們找到了碎骨。
crumb a very small piece of bread, cake etc 〔面包、蛋糕等的〕碎屑
There were just a few crumbs left on the plate.
盤裏只剩了一些碎屑。
speck a piece of something such as dirt or dust which is so small you almost cannot see it 〔灰塵等的〕微粒,小點
She brushed the specks of dust from the table.
她撣去桌上的灰塵。
drop a very small amount of a liquid 〔液體的〕滴
There were drops of blood on the floor.
地上有血滴。
I felt a drop of rain.
我感覺到有雨滴落下。
COLLOCATIONS CHECK 常用搭配
lump of sugar/rock/metal/earth
scrap of paper
strip of cloth/paper
sheet of paper/metal/glass
slice of bread/pizza/cake/meat
chunk of fruit/bread
block of ice/stone/wood
slab of rock/stone/meat
bar of soap/chocolate/candy/metal
rasher of bacon
speck of dirt/dust
drop of blood/rain/liquid
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piece• Our satellite dish has a piece broken off of it.• Crude as Farley plays it, his endearing-blowfish persona is quite a piece of work.• If you want a piece, indicate by saying yes.• When a piece of quicklime was held in the tip of the flame it became white hot and glowed brilliantly.• a piece of paper• Harry wanted to take the little blonde piece and jive with her.• a pack of chicken pieces• Tim cut the pie into eight pieces.• a simple boat made from a few pieces of wood• And indeed it was something very different - the bones of a human skeleton, a few pieces of clothing still on it.• a truly impressive piece of Greek sculpture• The vase lay in pieces on the floor.• The equipment had to be taken apart and transported in pieces.• The collection includes pieces in both oils and watercolours, with a range of still life paintings.• Some of the jigsaw pieces are missing.• Taking a page from the Netscape playbook, Microsoft is giving away key pieces of Internet software.• But finally Helen had crumpled her last piece of newspaper.• a beautifully made piece of furniture• The Times did a nice piece on the illegal gambling.• The concert began with three short pieces by the Brazilian composer Villa-Lobos.• One of the pieces in Greene's sculpture collection is valued at $12,000.• The position of the piece of gravel would have made it virtually impossible for the fish to dislodge it.• The books were eagerly borrowed and well used, and they finally fell to pieces.• The old wreck had been smashed to pieces on the island's rocks.• Another typical piece of Owen's work is the poem, 'The Sentry'.• There were pieces of broken glass all over the road.
piece of• Do you want a piece of pizza?• There are pieces of glass all over the road.
in pieces• But now assume another person invests that same $ 20,000 in pieces on a monthly basis.• It is in commerce and in pieces of every size.• But it was a home thrust, for the Dennison family was breaking in pieces.• The car must have been dismantled and brought up in the elevator in pieces, then put together again.• He got Hamlet in pieces, over breakfast.• The ship now lies in pieces at the bottom of the ocean.• On his downswing, all the moving parts came together at once, not in pieces.• The cars were shipped in pieces and then reassembled.• There was an accident and the thing ended up in pieces.• He was in pieces, wasn't he?
piece of advice/information/gossip etc• My reverie was penetrated by two devastating pieces of information which managed to scale the language barrier.• Consider each piece of information in turn.• His first piece of advice was that I tell no one.• Explain clearly why you have included pieces of information.• I thought that was an interesting piece of information, so I put it in my story.• How much better it is when any facts or pieces of information come from you yourself.• What are the connections between the pieces of information?• Why is this piece of information necessary?
piece of music/writing/sculpture etc• And if I fall into the pulse at the start of a piece of music it is a physical joy.• It won't be deathless prose, but it should be a grammatical and effective piece of writing.• That is one of my favorite pieces of music.• They spent hours together, particularly when one or the other had acquired a new piece of music.• Produce a sustained piece of writing when the task demands it. ii Produce well-structured pieces of writing.• If anything this piece of writing is too competent, too clever.• If you mixed all your pieces of writing together, would they make a story?
piece about/on• He began to read a piece about the proposed transformation of a disused mill into a luxury hotel.• You said you were going to write a piece on opinion polls and then you wrote a story slandering the Prime Minister.• Not a single one had listened to it or even heard bits and pieces on the news.• Or Seafood Salad - a delicious combination of prawns, smoked salmon and crab pieces on a bed of mixed salad.• Burnished visuals are a plus in this memory piece about a boy growing up in Depression-era South Philadelphia.• In any case, orienting the piece on the table also takes time.• You also could put the pieces on skewers and push them in the ground near the trees.• I mean, it's not like they were compiled to pieces on Rough Trade or anything, is it?
ten pence/50-cent etc piece• I've just swallowed fifteen ten pence pieces!
piece2 ●○○ verb
1 piece something ↔ together phrasal verbphr v 
a) UNDERSTANDto use all the information you have about a situation in order to discover the truth about it 把〔所有事實或信息〕拼湊起來
Police are trying to piece together his movements before the murder.
警方試圖梳理出他在兇案發生前的行蹤。
Her early life has been pieced together from several different sources.
根據幾個不同的資料來源整理出來了她的早期生活狀況。
b) COMPLETEto put all the separate parts of an object into the correct order or position 把 〔物體的部分〕拼合起來
He slowly pieced together the torn fragments of a letter.
他把撕碎的信慢慢拼起來。
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piece together• But little by little he would piece it all together.• Mariscotti was intrigued and as there are no government archives he had to piece the story together.• Urich has always been a likable actor, and he is sympathetic as a man trying to piece his life together.• We have the responsibility to put a piece of art together.• By their third lesson he could strip the barrel and put the pieces back together again faster than the instructor.• When you add vinegar to milk, the small solid pieces clump together and form larger solid pieces.• You just have to wait and catch your moment or piece things together as best you can.• Once play resumed, Steeg had the task of putting the pieces back together in a short time.
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piece• He will not piece or parse.• Twenty-five years after Fernando's death, it was possible to piece together his skeleton in its entirety.• Organisations such as Gamblers Anonymous concern themselves with piecing together the casualties of addiction.• Accident investigators have been at the scene this morning trying to piece together what happened.• He finished up trying to piece together what happened.• It took days, but finally they thought they had it pretty well pieced together.
From Longman Business Dictionary
piecepiece /piːs/ noun [countableC]
1ten-pence/fifty-cent etc piece a coin of a particular value
Does anyone have change for a 50 pence piece?
2a single thing of a particular type
piece of
a piece of equipment
a 24-piece cutlery set
3supply/sell something by the pieceCOMMERCE to supply or sell something as a single thing rather than in a pair or a set
4pay somebody/work by the pieceCOMMERCE if people work or are paid by the piece, they are paid for each thing they produce, not for the amount of time it takes to produce it
Origin piece1
(1100-1200) Old French Vulgar Latin pettia

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