late 14c., as if it were the past participle of a verb form of Middle English noun pie "magpie" (see pie (n.2)), in reference to the bird's black and white plumage. Earliest use is in reference to the pyed freres, an order of friars who wore black and white. Also in pied piper (1845, in Browning's poem based on the German legend; used allusively by 1939).
pied 双语例句
1. On its way to the standing - galley Tilbury's notice got pied.
提尔伯里的讣告字版送到备用架上的时候,被弄乱了.
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2. I've Pied Piper since I don't buy kids following a flute player.
我不想写〈吹笛手〉,因为我不相信小孩子会愿意跟著吹笛手走.
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3. James : besides, we can take some pied magpies home, for BBQ.
此外, 我们还可以打些喜鹊回家, 用来烧烤.
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4. The Pied piper had all the children of Hamlin on his heels.
穿彩衣的吹笛人使得汉姆林镇所有的孩子都跟着他走.
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5. Cette paire est un peu é troite. Le bout de pied est serr é.