pie

noun

1. 果馅饼；果馅派
   fruit baked in a dish with pastry on the bottom, sides and top
   1. a slice of apple pie
      一块苹果派
   2. Help yourself to some more pie.
      请随意再吃些果馅饼吧。
   3. a pie dish
      一份果馅饼
2. 肉馅饼；蔬菜馅饼
   meat, vegetables, etc. baked in a dish with pastry on the bottom, sides and top
   1. a steak and kidney pie
      碎牛肉腰子馅饼

1. See also: ...a pork pie. ...apple pie and custard. cottage pie shepherd's pie
2. PHRASE 难以付诸实施的构想（或计划）；渺茫的希望；空口的许诺
   If you describe an idea, plan, or promise of something good as pie in the sky, you mean that you think that it is very unlikely to happen.
   1. The true regeneration of devastated Docklands seemed like pie in the sky...
      遭毁坏码头区的真正重建看起来希望渺茫。
   2. He can't help thinking it's all just 'pie in the sky' talk.
      他禁不住想所有这些不过是“画饼充饥”的空话而已。
3. to eat humble pie → see: humble

1. Jeans are as American as apple pie.
   牛仔裤极具美国特色。
2. They have begun carving the country up like a pie.
   他们已经开始像切馅饼一样瓜分这个国家。
3. She devoured half an apple pie.
   她狼吞虎咽地吃下了半个苹果派。
4. He very much likes to have a finger in every pie
   他很喜欢什么事都插上一杠。
5. He decided on roast chicken and vegetables, with apple pie to follow.
   他决定点烤鸡配蔬菜，然后是苹果派。
6. Glaze the pie with beaten egg.
   将搅拌过的蛋汁浇在馅饼上。
7. Freda heated up a pie for me.
   弗蕾达为我热了一块馅饼。
8. Anson was forced to eat humble pie and publicly apologise to her.
   安森被迫认错并公开向她道歉。
9. She made marvellous fish pie
   她做的鱼饼味美可口。
10. The true regeneration of devastated Docklands seemed like pie in the sky
    遭毁坏码头区的真正重建看起来希望渺茫。
11. He can't help thinking it's all just 'pie in the sky' talk.
    他禁不住想所有这些不过是“画饼充饥”的空话而已。
12. She lit the oven, preparatory to putting the pie into it.
    她把烤箱加热，准备把馅饼放进去。
13. When assembling the pie, wet the edges where the two crusts join, to form a seal.
    在包馅饼时，先把两片馅饼皮边沿接头部分弄湿，再将其捏合。
14. Norman cut open his pie and squirted tomato sauce into it
    诺尔曼切开自己的派，往里面挤了点番茄酱。
15. I added a dollop of vanilla ice-cream to the pie.
    我在馅饼里加了一块香草冰激凌。
16. You may be sure that Li Ying has a finger in the pie.
    你可以肯定李英是参与其事的。
17. A man among men is he who knows when to eat humble pie and when to hold his head high.
    大丈夫能屈能伸。
18. For dessert, you can have ice cream or apple pie.
    甜点你可以选冰淇淋或苹果派。
19. We have apple pie or chocolate cake.
    我们有苹果派和巧克力蛋糕。
20. I'll have coffee and apple pie, please.
    我要一杯咖啡和一个苹果派。
21. I ordered Banana Cream Pie.
    我点了香蕉奶油派。
22. And ate a beefsteak and a big apple pie.
    吃了一块牛排和一个大大的苹果派。
23. I made you an apple pie.
    我给你做了个苹果馅饼。
24. Apple pie and ice cream would be nice.
    苹果派和冰淇淋就行了。
25. Oh! I see. We eat turkey and pumpkin pie on that day.
    哦，我明白了。我们在那一天吃火鸡和南瓜饼。
26. They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.
    他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
27. Hi, I'd like a hamburger and an apple pie.
    嗨，我要一个汉堡包和一个苹果派。
28. The apple pie and custard are delicious.
    苹果饼和软冻的味道好极了。
29. Hamburger, pizza and pie;
    汉堡包，比萨和馅饼；

n.

a piece/slice/share of the pie

• （金钱、利润等的）一份；一杯羹
  a share of sth such as money, profits, etc.

pie in the sky

• 难以实现的事；幻想的事；空中楼阁
  an event that sb talks about that seems very unlikely to happen
  1. This talk of moving to Australia is all just pie in the sky.
     移居澳大利亚之说纯属异想天开。

as American as apple pie

• 典型美国式的；地道美国式的
  used to say that sth is typical of America

as easy as anything/as pie/as ABC/as falling off a log

• 十分容易；极容易；轻而易举
  very easy or very easily

eat humble pie

• 认错；道歉；赔罪
  to say and show that you are sorry for a mistake that you made

have a finger in every pie

• 多管闲事；到处干预
  to be involved in a lot of different activities and have influence over them, especially when other people think that this is annoying

as nice as pie

• 非常友好的，很善良的（尤指出乎意料）
  very kind and friendly, especially when you are not expecting it

noun

1. dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top