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单词 pyramid
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pyramid
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɪr.ə.mɪd/us
/ˈpɪr.ə.mɪd/
C1
asolidobjectwith asquarebaseand fourtriangularsidesthatformapointat thetop
棱锥体
picture of pyramid
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apileof things that has theshapeof a pyramid:
摆成金字塔形的一堆东西
Theacrobatsformeda pyramid bystandingon each other'sshoulders.杂技演员一个站上另一个的肩膀上表演叠罗汉。
figurativeManyorganizationshave a pyramidstructure(= there are fewerpeopleat thetoplevelsof them than there are at thebottom).许多团体是金字塔式的组织结构。
the pyramids[plural](alsothe Pyramids)
agroupofancientpyramid-shapedstructuresbuiltin Egypt astombs(=placestoburypeople)for the Pharaohs(=kingsof Ancient Egypt)
（古埃及为埋葬法老修建的）金字塔
picture of pyramid
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More examples
  • The pyramid is 50metreshigh and 100metresround thebase.
  • Acubeand a pyramid are bothsolids.
  • Thecanswerestackedin alargepyramid.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Geometrical shapes
  • -cornered
  • cone
  • congruent
  • congruently
  • conic
  • crescent
  • decagon
  • dimensional
  • dome
  • isosceles triangle
  • Maltese cross
  • oval
  • pear-shaped
  • prism
  • rectangular
  • right triangle
  • semicircular
  • simplex
  • tetrahedron
  • torus
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Architecture
Ancient history: before 500 AD
(Definition ofpyramidfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

pyramid| American Dictionary

pyramid
noun[C]
us
/ˈpɪr·əˌmɪd/
geometry
asolidshapewith aflat,squarebaseand fourflat,triangularsideswhichslopeinwardandmeettoformapointat thetop
A pyramid is also apileof things that has atriangularshape:
Theacrobatsformeda pyramid bystandingon each other’sshoulders.
biology
A pyramid is also arepresentationof asystemwith moreitemsat thebottomand fewer at thetop, forexample, of theeffectthat onelivingthing has on another in thefoodchain.
(Definition ofpyramidfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

pyramid| Business English

pyramid
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɪrəmɪd/us
anorganizationorsystemthat has fewpeopleintopmanagementand a lot ofemployeesat thebottom
(Definition ofpyramidfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpyramid

pyramid
In this way, the press would manufacture news stories which had virtually no kernel of factual content, pyramids of accusation and counteraccusation.
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Percent correct performance for three tasks in all of which the panels of the pyramids had black outline borders as shown.
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Viewing this display monocularly or without free fusion creates the percept of four protruding truncated pyramids.
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In all cases four truncated pyramids were presented as viewed through a stereoscope.
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Partly, this advantage may be due to disease resistance, which is easier to combine in hybrids than in pyramiding genes using conventional breeding strategies.
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Percent correct performance and reaction time latencies obtained from two humans and two monkeys using outline pyramids without and with shading cues added.
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Each of the truncated pyramids presented consisted of five panels.
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They, in addition to effective control of a company holding stock in other companies, emphasize four features: centralized control, unified financing, pyramided stock control and capital inflation.
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Monkeys were rewarded when they made a saccade to any of the four pyramids and humans heard a beep when any one of the buttons was pushed.
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Back to the future: the pyramids of rheumatoid arthritis.
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The succession of age pyramids shows 2 cohorts ; one with individuals born before summer 1995 (cohort 1) and the other with individuals born after summer 1995 (cohort 2).
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Despite this identication, she is overwhelmed by the "sea of ages," by the pyramids which "were old in days which are remotest in authentic history" (24, 25).
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Beekeeping is as old as the pyramids—in fact, when the tomb of one of the pharaohs was recently opened, a jar of honey was found.
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If we drew a distinction by limiting the number of tenants in the house, we fell into difficulties from the pyramiding of sub-tenancies.
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There are schools in pyramids and clusters, with business and industry, and those sharing teachers and parts of the curriculum.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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