n. 1 magpie (bird of ill omen) 鵲。
△3H.VI.5.6.47: “The raven rooked her on the chimney’s top,/ And chattering pies in dismal discords sung;”烏鴉蹲在煙囪頂上,吱吱喳喳的山鵲叫出兇險的噪音。
pie
n. 2 a quantity of meat,fruit,or other food bakedwithin or under a crust of paste 餡餅。
△H.VIII.1.1.52: “No man’s pie is freed / From his ambitious fin-ger.”(“To have a finger in every pie”: to interfereand have influence everywhere.)不管什么人的事情,他都要插上一手。
pie[pai]
n.餡餅,餡餅狀物,混雜活字
◇have a finger in the pie參與其事
‖ pie chart 圓形分格統(tǒng)計圖表
pie diagram圓形圖