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- a portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole块, 张, 片, 段; 碎块, 断片：
a piece of cheese
一块奶酪
the dish lay in pieces upon the floor
那盘子呈碎片状散落在地板上
toddlers who tore books to pieces at her feet.
在她脚边将书撕成碎片的幼儿。
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- one of the items which were put together to make something and into which it naturally divides部件：
take a car to pieces.
将小车拆卸开来。
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- an item of a particular type, especially one forming part of a set（一套或一组中的）个、件：
a piece of luggage.
一件行李。
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- an instance or example桩, 项, 番, 条; （工作量或产品的）件：
a crucial piece of evidence.
一项关键的证据。
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- a financial share一份股权：
each employee owns a piece of the company.
每个雇员都拥有公司的一份股权。
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- a written, musical, or artistic creation or composition篇, 段, 首, 幅：
a hauntingly beautiful piece of music.
一段令人难忘的美妙音乐。
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- with modifier a coin of specified value硬币：
a 10p piece.
一枚十便士的硬币。
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- a figure or token used to make moves in a board game棋子。
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- Chess a king, queen, bishop, knight, or rook, as opposed to a pawn【棋】卒、兵以外的棋子。
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- informal, chiefly N. Amer. a firearm〈非正式, 主北美〉火器, 枪支。
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- Scottish a sandwich or other item of food taken as a snack〈苏格兰〉（三明治等）小吃
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- informal, offensive a woman〈非正式, 冒犯〉女人。
with obj.
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piece something together
assemble something from individual parts拼合, 拼装：the children took it in turns to piece together each other's jigsaw.
孩子们轮流拼玩对方的拼图玩具。
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- slowly make sense of something from separate facts and pieces of evidence慢慢理解：
Daniel had pieced the story together from the radio.
丹尼尔从收音机里一点一点地弄清楚了整个故事。
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piece something out
archaic extend〈古〉延伸。
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- archaic patch〈古〉修补：
if it be broken it must be pieced.
如果碎了, 就得补好。
短语
a piece of ass （或tail）
- vulgar slang a woman regarded as sexually attractive〈粗俚〉性感女郎。
a piece of cake
- 见CAKE.
a piece （或slice） of the action
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- informal a share in the excitement of something〈非正式〉刺激活动的一部分。
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- a share in the profits accruing from something一份好处。
go to pieces
- become so nervous or upset that one is unable to behave or perform normally崩溃, 垮掉; 极度紧张。
in one piece
- unharmed or undamaged, especially after a dangerous experience完好的（地）, 未受伤的（地）, 未损坏的（地）, 平安无恙的（地）。
all of a piece
- with something (entirely) consistent (with something)完全一致地。
piece by piece
- in slow and small stages逐个地, 逐渐。
a piece of water
- a small lake or pond小湖泊, 小池塘。
piece of work
- informal a person of a specified kind, especially an unpleasant one〈非正式〉…样的人, …样的货色：
he's a nasty piece of work.
他是个下流坯子。
say one's piece
- give one's opinion or make a prepared statement发表意见。
tear （或pull） someone/thing to pieces
- criticize someone or something harshly严厉批评, 批驳得体无完肤。
词源
Middle English: from Old French piece （compare with medieval Latin pecia, petium）, of obscure ultimate origin.