pie

Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

pie S2 /paɪ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: Perhaps from pie 'magpie' ( ⇨ ↑magpie); because the different things in a pie are like the different things a magpie collects]

1. fruit baked inside a ↑pastry covering
slice/piece of pie
Would you like another piece of apple pie?
2. British English meat or vegetables baked inside a ↑pastry or potato covering:
I had steak and kidney pie with chips.
3. slice/share/piece of the pie a share of something such as money, profits etc:
The smaller companies want a bigger share of the pie.
4. pie in the sky something good that someone says will happen, but which you think is impossible or unlikely:
Hope of a cure is just pie in the sky. ⇨ ↑mud pie, ↑pie chart, ⇨ easy as pie at ↑easy¹(1), ⇨ eat humble pie at ↑humble¹(6), ⇨ have a finger in every pie at ↑finger¹(7), ⇨ be as nice as pie at ↑nice(11)

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pie
A pie is a dessert that is made with fruit and has a crust.

◎	[pai]
※	danh từ
	■	bánh pa-tê, bánh nướng; bánh hấp
		☆	meat pie
			bánh pa-tê
		☆	jam pie
			bánh nướng nhân mứt
		☆	cream pie
			bánh kem
		☆	mud pie
			bánh đất, bánh cát bánh bùn (trẻ con nghịch)
	■	(động vật học) chim ác là
	■	đống chữ in lộn xộn
	■	(nghĩa bóng) sự hỗn độn, sự lộn xộn
	〆	to eat humble pie
		✓	xem humble
	〆	to have a finger in the pie
		✓	có dính dáng đến việc ấy, có nhúng tay vào việc ấy
	〆	pie in the sky
		✓	một sự kiện trong dự kiến rất khó có thể xảy ra
※	ngoại động từ
	■	trộn lộn xộn (chữ in)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  Proto-Indo European, PIE