| 单词 | pipe |
| 释义 | pipe (paɪp ) Word forms: pipes , piping , piped 1. countable noun B1 A pipe is a long, round, hollow object, usually made of metal or plastic, through which a liquid or gas can flow. They had accidentally damaged a gas pipe while drilling. The plant makes plastic covered steel pipes for the oil and gas industries. 2. countable noun A pipe is an object which is used for smoking tobacco. You put the tobacco into the cup-shaped part at the end of the pipe, light it, and breathe in the smoke through a narrow tube. 3. countable noun A pipe is a simple musical instrument in the shape of a tube with holes in it. You play a pipe by blowing into it while covering and uncovering the holes with your fingers. 4. plural noun Pipes are the same as bagpipes. 5. countable noun An organ pipe is one of the long hollow tubes in which air vibrates and produces a musical note. 6. verb If liquid or gas is piped somewhere, it is transferred from one place to another through a pipe. The heated gas is piped through a coil surrounded by water. [be VERB-ed preposition] The villagers piped in drinking water from the reservoir. [VERB noun with adverb] Most of the houses in the capital don't have piped water. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: convey, channel, supply, conduct 7. verb If someone, especially a child, pipes something, they say it in a high-pitched voice. [written] 'But I want to help,' Bessie piped. [VERB with quote] 8. countable noun In some computer systems, a pipe is a method of passing information from one program to another. 9. See also piping, piping hot Phrasal verbs: pipe down phrasal verb [no cont, usually imper] If you tell someone who is talking a lot or talking too loudly to pipe down, you are telling them to stop talking. [informal] Just pipe down and I'll tell you what I want. [VERB PARTICLE] pipe up phrasal verb [no cont] If someone who has been silent for a while pipes up, they say something, especially something surprising or strange. 'That's right, mister,' another child piped up. [VERB PARTICLE with quote] Nobody dares to pipe up. [VERB PARTICLE] Idioms: put that in your pipe and smoke it said to tell someone that although they may dislike or disagree with something you have just said, they must accept that it is a fact or true As for rules, the only person who makes rules in this house is me. So you can tell Miss Underwood from me: she can put that in her pipe and smoke it. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: fuel pipe The large metal coverings, known as fan cowl doors, came loose as the jet departed, severing a fuel pipe and a hydraulic system. Times, Sunday Times One local mechanic said that he had repaired a cut fuel pipe in the same car every month for the past six months. Times, Sunday Times My trick was to warm the fuel pipe with a lighted candle. Times, Sunday Times Then they cut the fuel pipe of his car in a vain attempt to make it explode. The Sun The fire was caused by the failure of a low pressure fuel pipe on the main diesel generator. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 You can also deduct costs involved in maintenance such as replacing a leaking pipe. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The customer had a leaking pipe in her downstairs loo. The Sun (2019) My tenant arrived home to find a leaking pipe from the bath in the flat above had ruined her possessions. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Time to light the pipe and have a good hard think. Times, Sunday Times He decides to smoke one last time and lights his pipe with the blue light. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The guest lights the candle, and he tries to light his pipe again. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Inside the tower are a circular living room and four bedrooms, lit by the original slot windows and some cleverly concealed light pipes. Times, Sunday Times I assumed he would sit in the other, but instead he leant against a table, lit his pipe and considered my first question. Times, Sunday Times This weekend there's also a makers' market, hog roast and pipe band. Times, Sunday Times Until 2009 he taught the university pipe band and set up its unique performance degree in bagpiping. Times, Sunday Times Typically, a pipe band played at full volume peaks at 122 decibels outdoors, noisier than the sound of either a nightclub or a chainsaw, which rises to 116 decibels. Times, Sunday Times Then, at the core event, each pipe band has a 30-minute presentation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In recent years there have been several pipe band and music tours. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She was a great enthusiast for local dancing and fiddle and pipe music. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In his lifetime he would publish three books of traditional and modern pipe music and three solo albums. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There's an assumption on the part of the perpetrators that piped music makes people happy, and that endless piped music makes people endlessly happy. Times, Sunday Times Piped music played and there were views of rooftops and spires. Times, Sunday Times I asked him to turn the piped music off. Times, Sunday Times He saw how it worked now, the clear plastic pipe running from a box in the wall to the mask. Times, Sunday Times Then feed the other end of the rope through a length of plastic pipe. Times, Sunday Times One question remains: what kind of musician would want to give up his instrument to play a common piece of plastic pipe? Times, Sunday Times These generally consist of either a plastic pipe or a specially stiffened jib, and a spool to hold the furling line. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Plastic pipe doesn't corrode in damp earth, as metal ducts can. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Restaurants serve food, plumbers install and repair pipes, and so on. Christianity Today (2000) It follows that your only realistic options are to get the sellers to repair the pipes or to reduce your offer by 2,500 to reflect the extra cost of mending them. Times, Sunday Times (2012) A broken pipe was subsequently repaired and water quality was back to normal at the camp, the report said. ST (2009) If you spot small splits in downpipes, you can repair them with gutter tape, rather than having to replace the pipe. Times, Sunday Times Replacing the pipes, using a hydro-jetter or a mechanical grinder, but many lines can be underground and have to consider the great amount of downtime and labor. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A second tank was erected near the pumping station, but after consideration, the cost of replacing the pipe with a 4in cm one was not thought to be justified. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It covered the main sewer pipe that serves all the houses in our terrace. Times, Sunday Times There were no risers to allow everybody to see the director, and the acoustics made it sound like the inside of a sewer pipe. Christianity Today I was going through that sewer pipe in 2017. Times,Sunday Times The park had to be excavated to make way for the repairing of the sewer pipe. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Those massive rains caused a sewer pipe to collapse into the creek due to major erosion, spilling sewage into the creek. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I also had him in the book as trying and failing to light and smoke his pipe, and as snoring. Times, Sunday Times It'd be like trying to train a hedgehog to smoke a pipe. Times, Sunday Times We may ask a friend to come and smoke a pipe with us, and tobacco will supply the place of talk; but we cannot sit and do nothing. Times,Sunday Times Her dad went out to smoke his pipe and disappeared. Times, Sunday Times He was allowed to smoke his pipe; the ship's doctor thought that it might help him to cough the phlegm out of his airways. The Times Literary Supplement One was a steam pipe, part of the prison's antiquated heating system, and blistering to the touch. Times, Sunday Times He uses up the lot in disposing of the army of baddies, and in the end he dispatches the lead villain by impaling him on a steam pipe. Times, Sunday Times Some designs had an auxiliary chimney at the rear to avoid the need for an exhaust steam pipe running the length of the engine. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When the signal was given, the driver found he could not release the brake on the locomotive due to a ruptured steam pipe. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1975, heating for the steel-hulled ship, which was delivered from land via steam pipe, cost the institute $40,000 per year. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 管子, 用管道输送, 烟斗 Japanese: パイプ, パイプ輸送される, パイプ |
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