pie
noun [ C or U ] uk/paɪ/ us/paɪ/
B1 馅饼
a type of food made with meat, vegetables, or fruit covered in pastry and baked
Would you like some more steak pie? 你想再要点猪肉馅饼吗?
a pecan pie 山核桃馅饼
- More examples
- The apple pie was as good as the one my grandmother used to make.
- He polished off the whole pie.
- steak and kidney pie
- lemon meringue pie
- Do you want this pie hot?
Idioms
a piece/slice/share of the pieidiom mainly US (UK usually a piece/slice of the cake) 可以得到的一份(盈利或福利)
part of the profit or benefit from something, or part of the amount of something that is available
The company plans to acquire new businesses to grab a bigger piece of the pie. 公司计划通过兼并来分享更大的利益。
People see others getting pay raises and they want a slice of the pie. 人们看到别人涨工资就想自己也该得一份。
pie in the skyidiom 渺茫的希望;不大可能实现的计划
something that you hope will happen but is very unlikely to happen
Their plans to set up their own business are just pie in the sky. 他们创办自己公司的计划只不过是空想罢了。