pyramiding

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT Pyramids are ancient stone buildings with four triangular sloping sides. The most famous pyramids are those built in ancient Egypt to contain the bodies of their kings and queens. 金字塔
We set off to see the Pyramids and Sphinx. 我們出發(fā)去看金字塔和獅身人面像。
2. N-COUNT A pyramid is a shape, object, or pile of things with a flat base and sloping triangular sides that meet at a point. 角錐形; 角錐體
On a plate in front of him was piled a pyramid of flat white crackers. 他面前盤(pán)子里的白色薄餅干堆成了金字塔形。
3. N-COUNT You can describe something as a pyramid when it is organized so that there are fewer people at each level as you go toward the top. 金字塔形結(jié)構(gòu)
Traditionally, the Brahmins, or the priestly class, are set at the top of the social pyramid. 傳統(tǒng)上，婆羅門(mén)或僧侶階層位于社會(huì)金字塔的頂層。