piece
Từ điển Collocation
piece noun
1 separate amount; parts of sth
ADJ. big, huge, large, long | little, short, small, tiny The plate smashed into little pieces on the stone floor. | bite-sized The book breaks the information into bite-sized pieces. | equal | odd She makes her sculptures out of odd pieces of scrap metal.
PREP. in ~s The vase was now in pieces on the kitchen floor. | ~ of a piece of bread A few pieces of the jigsaw were missing.
PHRASES bits and pieces I just need to get a few bits and pieces at the supermarket. | break/smash into pieces The cake just broke into pieces when I cut it. | come to pieces This chair comes to pieces. | fall to pieces My old dictionary is falling to pieces. | piece by piece We'll need to take the engine apart, piece by piece. | smash sth to pieces, take sth to pieces Can I take this jigsaw to pieces? | tear sth into/to pieces She tore the letter into tiny pieces.
2 of art/music/writing, etc.
ADJ. amazing, beautiful, brilliant, fine, good, impressive, lovely, magnificent, marvellous, remarkable, superb, wonderful The best pieces include three paintings by El Greco. | effective, powerful This is an effective piece of writing. | atmospheric, dramatic | interesting | favourite | important | ambitious | original an original piece written specifically for the producer | short a short piece by Willie Simmonds on television satire | finished | occasional an occasional piece on the lives of ordinary people | centre (also centrepiece) | companion a companion piece to the portrait of Gauguin's empty chair | modern, period, traditional | choral, orchestral, piano | museum
VERB + PIECE compose, produce, write He hasn't produced a single piece of writing this year. | commission | perform, play, sing | read, hear | publish | display, exhibit, show
PIECE + VERB be called sth, be entitled sth
PREP. ~ by They are exhibiting two important pieces by Calder. | ~ for a piece for symphony orchestra, choir and four soloists | ~ from She read a piece from ‘Alice in Wonderland’. | ~ of a piece of jewellery
PHRASES a piece of music/sculpture/work/writing
More information about ART WORKS
ART WORKS: of art a piece/work of art Michelangelo's Pietà is a magnificent work of art.
collect ~ She collects Jacobean portraits.
display, exhibit, show ~ The works will be displayed in the new wing of the museum.
~ be (put) on display/exhibition/show ~ go on display/exhibition/show paintings put on show for the first time The photographs are on exhibition until the end of September.
house ~ An annexe was built to house the sculptures.
a series of ~ a series of paintings by Van Gogh
a collection/exhibition of ~ an exhibition of early 20th century French masterpieces
an art/photographic/photography exhibition The open art exhibition will allow new artists to exhibit their work.
by ~ a sculpture by Barbara Hepworth
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- a separate part of a whole
an important piece of the evidence
- an item that is an instance of some type; "he designed a new piece of equipment"; "she bought a lovely piece of china";
- a portion of a natural object; part
they analyzed the river into three parts
he needed a piece of granite
- a musical work that has been created; musical composition, opus, composition, piece of music
the composition is written in four movements
- an instance of some kind; bit
it was a nice piece of work
he had a bit of good luck
- an artistic or literary composition
he wrote an interesting piece on Iran
the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests
- a portable gun; firearm, small-arm
he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster
- a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; slice
a piece of pie
a slice of bread
- a distance
it is down the road a piece
- a work of art of some artistic value; objet d'art, art object
this store sells only objets d'art
it is not known who created this piece
- a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; while, spell, patch
he was here for a little while
I need to rest for a piece
a spell of good weather
a patch of bad weather
- a share of something; slice
a slice of the company's revenue
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; man
he taught me to set up the men on the chess board
he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage
v.
- to join or unite the pieces of; patch
patch the skirt
- create by putting components or members together; assemble, put together, set up, tack, tack together
She pieced a quilt
He tacked together some verses
They set up a committee
- join during spinning
piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings
- eat intermittently; take small bites of; nibble, pick
He pieced at the sandwich all morning
She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles
- repair by adding pieces; patch
She pieced the china cup
English Slang Dictionary
1. a gun
2. a work of graffiti art (short for masterpiece)
3. sexual intercourse:"I'm gonna go get me a piece" See want a piece of someone
4. see also stray piece
Bloomberg Financial Glossary
件|片|块件，片，块
Apply mainly to convertible securities. Increment of bonds that trade in portions of $1000 minimum. Not all bonds can be traded in "pieces," and the increments can vary.
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
pieces|pieced|piecing
syn.: bit division part portion section segment share
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