n.
    
      - 一個,一張,一片;一塊[C][(+of)]
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Could you give me a 
piece of paper?
你能給我一張紙嗎?
 
      - 部分,片斷,破片[C]
 
      - (構成一組東西的)一個,一件;棋子[C]
 
      - (藝術)作品;曲,篇[C]
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The pianist played a 
piece by Chopin.
鋼琴家演奏了一曲蕭邦的作品。
 
      - 一則消息,報導[S1]
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Here is a good 
piece of news for you.
有個好消息要告訴你。
 
      - (商品的)單位;(布等的)一疋,一卷[C]
 
      - 錢幣[C]
 
      - 工作量,產量[the S]
 
    
    vt.
    
      - 拼湊;拼合[(+together)]
 
      - 修理;修補[(+up)]
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She's 
piecing the torn dress.
她在補被撕破的衣服。
 
    
   
  片語
  
    break into/to pieces
    
      - (使)成為碎片
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The cup fell and was 
broken into pieces.
茶杯掉下去,砸成碎片。
 
    
    by the piece
    
      - 按件計酬
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He worked in a factory and got paid 
by the piece.
他在一家工廠工作,按件計酬。
 
    
    give sb. a piece of one's mind
    
      - 責備某人
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I'll 
give him a piece of my mind if he is rude to you next time.
如果下次他再對你無禮,我會責備他的。
 
    
    go to pieces
    
      - 成碎片
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She slipped the dish onto the ground and it 
went to pieces.
她一失手盤子落到了地上,摔得粉碎。
 
      - 垮下來;崩潰
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You'll soon 
go to pieces if you keep on working like that.
如果你繼續那樣工作的話,很快就會垮下來。
 
    
    in one piece
    
      - 完整無損
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I promise I'll bring the car back to you 
in one piece.
我保證把車完整無損地還給你。
 
    
    be of a/one piece with
    
      - 與……一致
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His action 
is always 
of one piece with what he says.
他總是言行一致。
 
    
    pick/pull to pieces
    
      - 嚴厲批評;把……說成一文不值
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His book was 
picked to pieces by some critics.
他的書被一些評論家說得一文不值。
 
    
    piece by piece
    
      - 一點一點地;逐漸地
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Let's do it 
piece by piece.
讓我們一點一點地做。
 
    
    piece out
    
      - 擴大;使完整
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They were 
piecing out the library with new books.
他們在添置新書以擴大圖書館的藏書量。
 
    
    piece together
    
      - 拼湊
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The police tried to 
piece together all the facts.
警方試圖把所有的事實拼湊起來。
 
    
    piece up
    
      - 拼湊成
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He was trying to 
piece up a story with data gathered from various sources.
他正試著用從各方面搜集來的資料編成一篇故事。
 
    
    say/speak one's piece
    
      - 直言不諱
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You can 
speak your piece here.
在這兒你可以直言不諱。
 
    
    take sth. to pieces
    
      - 把某物拆開
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They 
took the machine to pieces.
他們把機器全拆開了。
 
    
   
  辨析
  
 
  n.
        - a portion of an object or of material produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole.
 - an item used in constructing something or forming part of a set; a component. 
▸an instance or example:
 a crucial piece of evidence.
 - a musical or written work or artistic creation:
 a piece of music.
 - a figure or token used to make moves in a board game. 
▸Chess  a king, queen, bishop, knight, or rook, as opposed to a pawn.
 - a coin of specified value:
 a 10p piece.
 - informal, chiefly N. Amer. a firearm.
 - informal a woman.
 - Scottish a sandwich or other item of food taken as a snack.
 
v.
   - 
(piece something together)
 assemble something from individual parts.
 - 
(piece something out)
 archaic extend something.
 - archaic patch (something).
 
 
  Phrase
  
    - go to pieces
 become so nervous or upset that one is unable to function normally.  - in one piece
 unharmed or undamaged.  - 
(all)
 of a piece
 entirely consistent.  - piece by piece
 in slow and small stages.  - piece of water
 a small lake or pond.  - piece of work
 informal a person of a specified kind, especially an unpleasant one.  - say one's piece
 give one's opinion or make a prepared statement.  - tear 
(or pull)
 someone/thing to pieces
 criticize someone or something harshly. 
   
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. piece (cf. med. L. pecia, petium), of obscure ultimate origin.