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pyramid
- IPA[ˈpɪrəmɪd]
英式
- a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt.；an object, shape, or arrangement in the form of a pyramid
- stack or arrange in the shape of a pyramid.；achieve a substantial return on (money or property) after making a small initial investment
verb: pyramid, 3rd person present: pyramids, gerund or present participle: pyramiding, past tense: pyramided, past participle: pyramided
noun: pyramid, plural noun: pyramids
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名詞
- 1. a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt.
- 2. an object, shape, or arrangement in the form of a pyramid a pyramid of logs a pyramid roof
- ▪ a polyhedron of which one face is a polygon of any number of sides, and the other faces are triangles with a common vertex a three-sided pyramid
- ▪ a structure of more or less pyramidal form, especially in the brain or the renal medulla.
- ▪ an organization or system that is structured with fewer people or things at each level as one approaches the top the lowest strata of the social pyramid
- ▪ a game played on a billiard table with fifteen coloured balls arranged in a triangle and a cue ball.
- 3. a system of financial growth achieved by a small initial investment, with subsequent investments being funded by using unrealized profits as collateral the eventual collapse of illegal pyramids
- ▪ short for pyramid scheme
動詞
- 1. stack or arrange in the shape of a pyramid.
- 2. achieve a substantial return on (money or property) after making a small initial investment a bank can pyramid modest capital into an enormous sum of money
- a nutritional diagram in the shape of a pyramid, especially (in the US) the Food Guide Pyramid.
Oxford American Dictionary
- a system of selling goods or services in which each salesperson recruits further salespeople, ...
Oxford American Dictionary
- a form of investment (illegal in the US and elsewhere) in which each paying participant ...
Oxford American Dictionary
- a system of selling goods or services in which each salesperson recruits further salespeople, ...
Oxford Dictionary
- a form of investment (illegal in the UK and elsewhere) in which each paying participant ...
Oxford Dictionary
- a food pyramid developed by the US Department of Agriculture, displaying color-coded food ...
Oxford American Dictionary
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- IPA[ˈpirəˌmid]
美式
- a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point ...
- heap or stack in the shape of a pyramid: debt was pyramided on top of unrealistic debt in an orgy of speculation
Oxford American Dictionary
