pyramid
US: /ˈpɪɹəmɪd/
UK: /pˈɪɹɐmˌɪd/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
pyramid /'pirəmid/- danh từ
- (toán học) hình chóp
- tháp chóp, kim tự tháp (Ai-cập)
- đống hình chóp
- bài thơ hình chóp (câu ngày càng dài ra hoặc càng ngắn đi)
- cây hình chóp
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 a large building with a square or TRIANGULAR base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top. The ancient Egyptians built stone pyramids as places to bury their kings and queens.
2 (geometry) a solid shape with a square or TRIANGULAR base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top
3 an object or a pile of things that has the shape of a pyramid: a pyramid of cans in a shop window
4 an organization or a system in which there are fewer people at each level as you get near the top: a management pyramid
pyramidal adjective
Concise dictionary
pyramids|pyramided|pyramiding'pɪrəmɪdnoun
+a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex
+(stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases
+a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt
verb
+enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts
+use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal
+arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid
+increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base
