/pi:s ||; pis/noun[C] 1 an amount or example of sth 片；块；段；张: a piece of paper 一张纸a piece of furniture 一件家具a good piece of work 一件好作品a piece of advice/information/news 一个忠告；一段信息；一则新闻
2 one of the parts that sth is made of （组成某物的）部份，部件: We'll have to take the engine to piecesto find the problem. 我们得把引擎拆开，以便找出问题。
3 one of the parts into which sth breaks 碎片；碎块；断片: The plate fell to the floor and smashed to pieces. 碟子掉在地上打碎了。The vase lay in pieces on the floor. 花瓶掉在地上，已经打碎了。
4 a piece (on/about sb/sth) an article in a newspaper or magazine （报纸或杂志上的）一篇文章: There's a good piece on China in today's paper. 今天报纸上有一篇关于中国的好文章。
5 a single work of art, music, etc 一件（艺术作品）；一首（乐曲）: He played a piece by Chopin. 他演奏了肖邦的一首作品。
6 one of the small objects that you use when you are playing games such as CHESS 棋子
7 a coin of the value mentioned 一枚…钱的硬币: a fifty-pence piece 一枚五十便士硬币
bits and pieces→
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give sb a piece of your mind to speak to sb angrily because of sth he/she has done 不客气地表达己意；怒责某人
go to pieces to be no longer able to work or behave normally because of a difficult situation （身体、精神等方面）垮掉，崩溃:
When his wife died he seemed to go to pieces. 他妻子去世时，他悲伤得好像整个人都崩溃了。 in one piece not broken or injured 未损坏；未受伤；安然无恙:
I've only been on a motorbike once, and I was just glad to get home in one piece. 我只骑过一回摩托车，能安然无恙回到家里真是太高兴了。 a piece of cake(
informal 非正式) something that is very easy 轻而易举的事