pyramid

noun

1. （古埃及的）金字塔
   a large building with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top. The ancient Egyptians built stone pyramids as places to bury their kings and queens.
2. 锥体；棱锥体
   a solid shape with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top
3. 金字塔形的物体（或一堆东西）
   an object or a pile of things that has the shape of a pyramid
   1. a pyramid of cans in a shop window
      商店橱窗中摆成金字塔形的罐头
4. 金字塔式的组织（或系统）
   an organization or a system in which there are fewer people at each level as you get near the top
   1. a management pyramid
      金字塔式管理系统

1. N-COUNT 金字塔
   Pyramids are ancient stone buildings with four triangular sloping sides. The most famous pyramids are those built in ancient Egypt to contain the bodies of their kings and queens.
   1. We set off to see the Pyramids and Sphinx.
      我们出发去看金字塔和狮身人面像。
2. N-COUNT 角锥体；棱锥体
   A pyramid is a shape, object, or pile of things with a flat base and sloping triangular sides that meet at a point.
   1. On a plate in front of him was piled a pyramid of flat white biscuits.
      在他面前的盘子上有一摞摆成金字塔形状的白色薄饼。
3. N-COUNT 金字塔式结构（或组织、体系）
   You can describe something as a pyramid when it is organized so that there are fewer people at each level as you go towards the top.
   1. Traditionally, the Brahmins, or the priestly class, are set at the top of the social pyramid.
      传统上，婆罗门，或称僧侣阶级，处于社会金字塔的顶端。

1. A twenty-foot steel pyramid is to be hoisted into position on top of the tower
   一个高20英尺的钢质角锥体将被吊起，安装在塔的顶部。
2. We set off to see the Pyramids and Sphinx.
   我们出发去看金字塔和狮身人面像。
3. On a plate in front of him was piled a pyramid of flat white biscuits.
   在他面前的盘子上有一摞摆成金字塔形状的白色薄饼。
4. Traditionally, the Brahmins, or the priestly class, are set at the top of the social pyramid.
   传统上，婆罗门，或称僧侣阶级，处于社会金字塔的顶端。
5. If the scheme appears to be a pyramid selling scam, have nothing to do with it.
   如果这个计划看起来像是一个传销骗局，那就不要参与。
6. There rose before us the great pyramid of Gaza
   雄伟的加沙金字塔矗立在我们面前。
7. Most organizations are prisoners of two persistent and pernicious structural models: the pyramid and the value chain.
   两种顽固而且非常有害的结构模式成了大多数组织机构的桎梏，这就是金字塔模型和价值链。
8. But for some Japanese companies the inverting of the traditional ageing pyramid provides commercial opportunities.
   然而，对一些日本公司而言，传统老龄化金字塔结构的这一倒转提供了商机。
9. Enter now this pyramid where these scrolls await you.
   现在进入这金字塔，在那里这些卷轴等候你。
10. This pyramid contains the features of all three cultures.
    这座金字塔包含了这三种文化的特征。
11. A pyramid provides a useful conceptual model for organizing scientific knowledge.
    金字塔给科学知识的组织提供了一个有用的概念性模型。
12. We had a lot of difficulty in getting the French to accept the pyramid.
    要让法国人接受金字塔，我们遇到了许多困难。
13. The pyramid at the Louvre, though, is just the tip.
    不过，卢浮宫金字塔只露出了尖端。
14. Inside the pyramid were the king's and queen's burial rooms and the long passages to these rooms.
    在金字塔里面是国王和王后的墓室和通向这些墓室的长长的通道。
15. Amway is an illegal pyramid scheme.
    安利是一个非法传销。
16. They built a pyramid of leaves and twigs.
    他们用树叶和枝条堆成一个角锥体。
17. Seven tombs and one altar were also found on the top of the pyramid.
    在金字塔顶上也发现七座坟墓和一个祭坛。
18. They built a pyramid and then built a temple on the top of it.
    他们建造金字塔，然后在上面建一个寺庙。
19. Depictions such as these likely inspired the designs of the ships found buried by the Great Pyramid at Giza.
    类似于这样的描画可能激发了对吉萨的大金字塔旁埋藏的太阳船的设计。
20. This is Mallat's pyramid algorithm for multiresolution, connecting wavelets to filter banks.
    这是Mallat的多解析度金字塔演算法，把小波和滤波器库相联系。
21. A novel face hallucination algorithm based on multi-resolution pyramid structure was proposed.
    研究了基于多分辨率塔式结构的幻觉脸算法。
22. This is a food pyramid.
    这是一个食物金字塔。
23. When I was in saqqara-the step pyramid was shut for renovation-so I could not look for this image.
    当我在塞加拉的时候-台阶金字塔因为整修关闭了&因此我不能够看到这个壁画。
24. The pyramid and the bald eagle are both parts of the Great Seal.
    金字塔和秃鹰是国玺的两面。
25. Twenty years to build the great pyramid.
    用了20年的时间才建成这座大金字塔。
26. South African companies are also discovering the "bottom of the pyramid" in their own country.
    南非的公司也在他们自己的国家发现了“金字塔的塔底”。
27. Look! I made a pyramid with my name cards.
    你看、我用名片做了个金字塔。
28. There is difference between direct sales and Pyramid sales.
    直销和传销是有区别的。
29. A cube and a pyramid are both solids.
    立方形和棱锥都是立方体。
30. Global financial markets look suspiciously like a pyramid game in this bull market.
    全球金融市场在这次牛市中看起来是玩了一个叠罗汉的游戏。

noun

1. (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases

2. a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex

verb

1. increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base

2. arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid

3. use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal

4. enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts