pie
noun
paɪ
noun
1
fruit
baked
inside
a
PASTRY
covering
水果馅饼
slice/piece
of
pie
Would
you
like
another
piece
of
apple
pie?
你还要一块苹果馅饼吗？
2
meat
or
vegetables
baked
inside
a
PASTRY
or
potato
covering
[英] 肉馅饼; 蔬菜馅饼
BrE
I
had
a
steak
and
kidney
pie
with
chips.
我吃了一块牛肉腰子馅饼和薯条。
3
slice/share/piece of the pie
a
share
of
something
such
as
money,
profits
etc
〔钱、利润等的〕一份
The
smaller
companies
want
a
bigger
share
of
the
pie.
那些较小的公司想分到更大的一杯羹。
4
pie in the sky
something
good
that
someone
says
will
happen,
but
which
you
think
is
impossible
or
unlikely
空中楼阁，不大可能实现的允诺 （建议 ）
Hope
of
a
cure
is
just
pie
in
the
sky.
找到治疗方法的希望不过是空中楼阁罢了。