Tra từ piece - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

piece [piece pieces pieced piecing] noun, verb BrE [piːs] NAmE [piːs]
noun

SEPARATE AMOUNT
1. countable ~ (of sth) (used especially with of and uncountable nouns)an amount of sth that has been cut or separated from the rest of it; a standard amount of sth
•a piece of string/wood
• She wrote something on a small piece of paper.
•a large piece of land
•a piece of cake/cheese/meat
• He cut the pizza into bite-sized pieces.
•I've got a piece of grit in my eye.

PART
2. countable, usually plural one of the bits or parts that sth breaks into
• There were tiny pieces of glass all over the road.
• The boat had been smashed to pieces on the rocks.
•The vase lay in pieces on the floor.
3. countable one of the parts that sth is made of
• He took the clock to pieces.
•a missing piece of the puzzle
• The bridge was taken down piece by piece.
•a 500-piece jigsaw
see also ↑one-piece, ↑two-piece, ↑three-piece

SINGLE ITEM
4. countable (used especially with of and uncountable nouns)a single item of a particular type, especially one that forms part of a set
•a piece of clothing/furniture/luggage
•a piece of equipment/machinery
•a 28-piece dinner service
5. countable ~ of sth used with many uncountable nouns to describe a single example or an amount of sth
•a piece of advice/information/news
•an interesting piece of research
• Isn't that a piece of luck?
6. countable ~ (of sth) a single item of writing, art, music, etc. that sb has produced or created
•a piece of art/music/poetry, etc.
• They performed pieces by Bach and Handel.
• (formal) They have some beautiful pieces (= works of art, etc.) in their home.
see also ↑masterpiece, ↑museum piece, ↑party piece, ↑period piece, ↑showpiece

NEWS ARTICLE
7. countable an article in a newspaper or magazine or a broadcast on television or radio
•Did you see her piece about the Internet in the paper today?
see also ↑set piece

COIN
8. countable a coin of the value mentioned
•a 50p piece
•a five-cent piece

IN CHESS, ETC.
9. countable one of the small figures or objects that you move around in games such as ↑chess

SHARE OF STH
10. singular ~ of sth (especially NAmE)a part or share of sth
•companies seeking a piece of the market

GUN
11. countable (NAmE, slang)a gun

DISTANCE
12. a piecesingular (old-fashioned, NAmE, informal)a short distance
•She lives down the road a piece from here. You will find other compounds ending in piece at their place in the alphabet.
more at a piece/slice of the action at ↑action, bits and pieces/bobs at ↑bit, how long is a piece of string at ↑long _adj., a nasty piece of work at ↑nasty, pick up the pieces at ↑pick _v., a piece/slice/share of the pie at ↑pie, say your piece at ↑say _v., the villain of the piece at ↑villain

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French piece (compare with medieval Latin pecia, petium), of obscure ultimate origin.

Thesaurus:
piece noun
1. C
•He cut himself a large piece of cheese.
slice • • chunk • • lump • • hunk • • wedge • • slab • • cube • • length • • block • • sliver • |especially BrE bit •
a piece/slice/chunk/lump/hunk/wedge/sliver/bit of cheese
a piece/slice/chunk/lump/hunk/slab/bit of meat
a piece/lump/slab/block of ice
cut sth into pieces/slices/chunks/wedges/cubes/lengths/bits
cut (off) a piece/slice/length/bit
2. C
•There were tiny pieces of glass all over the road.
fragment • • sliver • • scrap • • shred • • speck • • particle • • morsel • • splinter • • chip • |especially BrE bit • |written shard •
a piece/fragment/sliver/scrap/shred/speck/particle/morsel/splinter/bit/shard of sth
a small/tiny piece/fragment/sliver/scrap/speck/particle/morsel/bit
a piece/fragment/sliver/splinter/bit/shard of glass
a piece/scrap/bit of paper/information/news
smash sth to pieces/bits
3. C
•He took the clock to pieces.
part • • component • • section • • element • |especially BrE bit •
an individual piece/part/component/section/element/bit
4. C
•The orchestra performed pieces by Ravel and Haydn.
work • • masterpiece • |formal composition • • oeuvre •
a piece/work/masterpiece/composition by sb
a/an orchestral/choral piece/work/masterpiece/composition
perform a piece/work/composition
Piece, work or composition? Piece and composition are used mostly to talk about music. Work is used to talk about any type of art, literature or music.

Vocabulary Building:
Pieces
If you want to talk about a small amount or one example of something that is normally an uncountable noun, there is a range of words you can use. You must choose the right one to go with the substance you are talking about.
Piece and (BrE, informal) bit are very general words and can be used with most uncountable nouns: ▪ a piece of paper / wood / string / cake / fruit / meat / work / research / advice ◇ ▪ a bit of paper / work / chocolate / luck.
A slice is a thin flat piece: ▪ a slice of bread / cake / salami / cheese / pie / apple ◇ (figurative) ▪ a slice of life
A chunk is a thick, solid piece: ▪ a chunk of cheese / bread / rock ◇ ▪ a chunk of land ▪ (= a fairly large piece)
A lump is a piece of something solid without any particular shape: ▪ a lump of coal / rock / mud
A fragment is a very small piece of something that is broken or damaged: ▪ fragments of glass ◇ (figurative) ▪ fragments of conversation. It can also be used with countable nouns to mean a small part of something: ▪ a fragment of the story.
A speck is a tiny piece of powder: ▪ a speck of dust / dirt. You can also say: ▪ a speck of light
Drop is used with liquids: ▪ a drop of water / rain / blood / milk / whisky
A pinch is as much as you can hold between your finger and thumb: ▪ a pinch of salt / cinnamon
A portion is enough for one person: ▪ a portion of chicken

Example Bank:
•A few pieces of the puzzle were missing.
•Can I take this jigsaw to pieces?
•He hasn't produced a single piece of writing this year.
•I had to take the car to pieces in order to repair it.
•I just need to get a few bits and pieces at the supermarket.
•My old dictionary is falling to pieces.
•She makes her sculptures out of odd pieces of scrap metal.
•She read a piece from ‘Alice in Wonderland’.
•She tore the letter into tiny pieces.
•The album is made up of bits and pieces from previous albums.
•The best pieces include three paintings by El Greco.
•The book breaks the information into bite-sized pieces.
•The cake just broke into pieces when I cut it.
•The plate smashed into little pieces on the stone floor.
•The vase was now in pieces on the kitchen floor.
•They are exhibiting two important pieces by Calder.
•This chair comes to pieces.
•This is an effective piece of writing.
•We'll need to take the engine apart, piece by piece.
•a companion piece to the portrait of Gauguin's empty chair
•a piece for symphony orchestra, choir and four soloists
•a piece of bread
•a short piece by Will Simons on television satire
•an occasional piece on the lives of ordinary people
•an original piece written specifically for the producer
•Auditioning students are required to play a solo piece of their choice.
•He broke the clock down into pieces.
•He took the clock to pieces.
•I've got a piece of grit in my eye.
•It was an interesting piece of research.
•She's been doing a 500-piece jigsaw.
•The bridge was taken down piece by piece.
•The documentary was in fact a heavily biased hit piece.
•The magazine ran a puff piece on him last week.
•The orchestra performed pieces by Ravel and Prokofiev.
•There had to be some missing piece of the story.
•They have some beautiful pieces in their home.
•You should have at least two good portions of vegetables and two pieces of fruit a day.
Idioms: ↑fall to pieces ▪ ↑give somebody a piece of your mind ▪ ↑go to pieces ▪ ↑in one piece ▪ ↑of a piece ▪ ↑pick somebody to pieces ▪ ↑piece of cake ▪ ↑piece of piss ▪ piece of work
Derived: ↑piece something together

verb
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French piece (compare with medieval Latin pecia, petium), of obscure ultimate origin.