| 释义 |
one-ˈpipe, a.
[f. one numeral a. + pipe n.1]
a. Applied to a system of hot-water central heating in which radiators take water from and return it to the same pipe, which runs in a complete circuit from the boiler and back to it again.
1897F. Dye Hood's Pract. Treat. Warming Buildings (ed. 3) xix. 352 It is not usual for the one-pipe system to extend to three floors above the boiler without modification. 1970J. J. Barton Domestic Heating viii. 127 Two basic circuits, the ‘one-pipe’ and the ‘two-pipe’ circuit..are commonly used in small bore heating practice.
b. Applied to a system of plumbing in which waste from sinks and the like is conveyed to the sewer by the same pipe as that from water-closets and urinals.
1910W. P. Gerhard Water Supply, Sewerage & Plumbing iii. 187, I am..convinced that the one-pipe system, as I have sometimes called it, is the coming system. 1933Archit. Rev. LXXIV. 54/3 The drainage and sanitary installation throughout is on the one-pipe system. 1972T. A. Tompson Guide Sanitary Engin. Services vii. 228 Repetitive planning at each floor level of a multi-storey building favours localised application of single-stack principles of sanitation... This has led to the development of the modified one-pipe system.., achieving even greater economy than with the one-pipe system. |