pyramid

英 [ˈpɪrəmɪd]

美 [ˈpɪrəmɪd]

n.  (古埃及的)金字塔; 锥体; 棱锥体; 金字塔形的物体(或一堆东西)

复数：pyramids　现在分词：pyramiding　过去式：pyramided　第三人称单数：pyramids　过去分词：pyramided　

高考考研TOEFLTEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.7071 / COCA.6129

牛津词典

noun

• （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.
• 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
• 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
• 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

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 金字塔
  Pyramidsare 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。
• N-COUNT 角锥体；棱锥体
  Apyramidis 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。
• N-COUNT 金字塔式结构（或组织、体系）
  You can describe something as apyramidwhen 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。

英英释义

noun

• (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
• a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex

verb

• increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base
• arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid
• use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal
• enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts

双语例句

• 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。
• Twenty years to build the great pyramid.
  用了20年的时间才建成这座大金字塔。
• 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。
• 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。
• This is a food pyramid.
  这是一个食物金字塔。
• Look! I made a pyramid with my name cards.
  你看、我用名片做了个金字塔。
• Amway is an illegal pyramid scheme.
  安利是一个非法传销。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。