pie
n[C, U]
1
(a) (Brit) meat or fruit encased in pastry and baked in a (usu deep) dish 排; 肉餡排; 果餡排: an apple pie 蘋果排
Have some more pie. 再吃點排吧.
(b) (US) meat or fruit cooked in a pastry-lined dish, with or without a covering of pastry (有蓋或無蓋的)肉餡排, 果餡排. Cf 參看 flan, tart2.
2 (idm 習語) easy as pie => easy1. eat humble pie => eat. have a finger in every pie => finger. ,pie in the `sky (infml 口) hoped-for or planned event that is very unlikely to happen 希望中的或計畫中的事情(不大可能實現的)
Their ideas about reforming the prison system are just pie in the sky. 他們打算改革監獄制度的想法純粹是空中樓閣.
?? 考研助記
瞥見蘋果 派(諧音)好想吃
?? 擴展釋義
*[pai]n. 餡餅, 財富, 總額, 貪污受賄, 雜亂, 喜鵲【計】 餅圖相關詞組: as easy as pie eat humble pie pie in the sky have a finger in every pie