piece

1. N-COUNT A piece of something is an amount of it that has been broken off, torn off, or cut off. (从某物上拆下、撕下或切下的) 块; 片; 段

...a piece of cake. …一块蛋糕。

Cut the ham into pieces. 把火腿切成片。

2. N-COUNT A piece of an object is one of the individual parts or sections that it is made of, especially a part that can be removed. 部件

...assembling objects out of standard pieces. …用标准部件组装物品。

3. N-COUNT A piece of land is an area of land. (一) 块 (土地)

People struggle to get the best piece of land. 人们竞相争夺最好的一块土地。

4. N-COUNT You can use piece of with many uncount nouns to refer to an individual thing of a particular kind. For example, you can refer to some advice as a piece of advice. 与不可数名词搭配，表示某种事物的个体

When I produced this piece of work, my lecturers were very critical. 当我创作这件作品的时候，我的老师们批评甚多。

...an interesting piece of information. …一条有趣的信息。

5. N-COUNT You can refer to an article in a newspaper or magazine, some music written by someone, a broadcast, or a play as a piece. (报纸、杂志上的) 文章; 作品

She wrote a piece on Gwyneth Paltrow for the New Yorker. 她为《纽约客》写了一篇关于格温妮丝·帕尔特罗的文章。

...a vaguely familiar orchestral piece. …一首隐约熟悉的管弦乐曲。

6. N-COUNT You can refer to a work of art as a piece. 艺术品[正式]

Each piece is unique, an exquisite painting of a real person, done on ivory. 每件艺术品都很独特，均为绘在象牙上的真人精致画像。

7. N-COUNT You can refer to specific coins as pieces. For example, a 5 cent piece is a coin that is worth 5 cents. 硬币

...lots of 10 cent, 20 cent, and 50 cent pieces. …很多10分、20分和50分的硬币。

8. N-COUNT The pieces that you use when you play a board game such as chess are the specially made objects that you move around on the board. 棋子

How many pieces does each player have in backgammon?

西洋双陆棋里每方各有多少枚棋子？

9. PHRASE If you give someone a piece of your mind, you tell them very clearly that you think they have behaved badly. 鲜明地批评[非正式]

How very thoughtless. I'll give him a piece of my mind. 太欠考虑了。我要狠狠地批评他。

10. PHRASE If someone or something is still in one piece after a dangerous journey or experience, they are safe and not damaged or hurt. 完好无损

...providing that my brother gets back alive and in one piece from his mission. …假若我哥哥完成任务后，活着安然无恙地回来的话。

11. PHRASE You use to pieces in expressions such as "smash to pieces," or "take something to pieces," when you are describing how something is broken or comes apart so that it is in separate pieces. 成为片

12. PHRASE If you go to pieces, you are so upset or nervous that you lose control of yourself and cannot do what you should do. (因紧张不安而) 崩溃[非正式]

She's a strong woman, but she nearly went to pieces when Arnie died. 她是个坚强的女人，但阿尼死的时候她几乎崩溃了。

13. a piece of the action→see action

14. bits and pieces→see bit