Word · Frequency #677
piece
拼合；拼装；组装
to assemble something by joining its parts
- 1.
To assemble (something real or figurative).
组装(真实或比喻的事物)。
- 2.
To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
通过添加一块或多块来制作、扩大或修补；修补；常与“out”连用。
修补；拼补；组装(真实或比喻的事物)。；通过添加一块或多块来制作、扩大或修补；修补；常与“out”连用。；修补；修理
In use
She pieced together the shattered vase.
He is piecing the quilt from old fabric scraps.
They piece together clues to solve the mystery.
Verb forms
base piece · third person pieces · -ing piecing · past pieced · past participle pieced
动词，意为‘拼合、修补’，常与together连用。
Connections
Collocations
- piece together
- 拼合；拼凑；组装
- Police are trying to piece together the sequence of events from security footage.警方正试图通过监控录像拼凑出事件发生的先后顺序。
- piece back together
- 重新拼合；修复
- She pieced her life back together after the divorce.离婚后，她重新拼起了自己的生活。
- piece out
- 补足；修补；拼补
- The tailor pieced out the torn jacket with new fabric.裁缝用新布料修补了这件撕破的夹克。
Idioms & figurative uses
- piece together
- 拼凑；综合推断；弄明白The detective tried to piece together the clues from the crime scene.侦探试图把犯罪现场的线索拼凑起来。
- piece out
- 拼凑补充；补齐；勉强凑成She pieced out her income with freelance writing.她靠自由写作来补充收入。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象把一块块碎片(pieces)拼(pīn)起来——piece作动词就是“拼合、修补”，如piece together证据。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：daily conversation、news reporting、written narrative 作为动词时，piece together 在口语和一般书面语中都很常见，属于中性表达；piece out 则比较正式、少见。请根据搭配选择自然用法。
Grammar Note
常与together连用，表示拼合
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 piece 读 /piːs/ 同韵的词：peace /piːs/、niece /niːs/、lease /liːs/、fleece /fliːs/、police /pəˈliːs/。注意 pie /paɪ/ 虽以 pie 开头，但发音不同。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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