0 a part of something:
1 a single object of a particular type:
a piece of information/advice
Each piece is quite unique, owing to the fact that all her creations are hand-knitted.
an orchestral/piano/instrumental piece
a chess piece
2 a gun:
3 a sandwich:
a ham piece
5 a part of something:
7 a single thing of a particular type, especially one of many:
8 a coin that has a value below 100 pence, cents, etc.:
a fifty-pence/fifty-cent piece
9 to pay for, buy, or sell something in single units rather than in groups:
I'm going to have another piece of cake.
I read an interesting piece of information in the newspaper.
If you listen carefully to this piece of music, you can hear a flute in the background.
Valuable pieces of china were on display in a glass-fronted cabinet.
Piece words make it possible to talk about a single unit or units of something which is seen as uncountable. Piece words include words such as piece, bit, item, article. We normally use them with of. We can use them in the singular or the plural.
中文繁体
部分, 塊, 片…
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部分, 块, 片…
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pedazo, trozo, unidad…
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pedaço, fatia, fragmento…
More日本語
(全体のうちの)1枚, 1片, 1部…
MoreTürk dili
parça, kısım, parça kısım…
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morceau [masculine], pièce [feminine], (une unité d’information ou un exemplaire d’une oeuvre)…
MoreCatalan
tros, unitat, peça…
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