单词 | pipeline |
释义 | pipeline (paɪplaɪn ) Word forms: pipelines 1. countable noun A pipeline is a large pipe which is used for carrying oil or gas over a long distance, often underground. Two natural gas pipelines have been laid to replace coal-burning plants. Synonyms: tube, passage, pipe, line 2. in the pipeline phrase If something is in the pipeline, it has already been planned or begun. Already in the pipeline is a 2.9 per cent pay increase for teachers. Synonyms: on the way, expected, coming, close Idioms: in the pipeline being planned or in progress. The usual expression in American English is in the works. Over 350 major hospital schemes have been completed. There are nearly 300 more in the pipeline. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: development pipeline It plans to build four such freehold shopping centres this year and, if they prove successful, a further fourteen are in the development pipeline. Times, Sunday Times Its £1.1 billion secured development pipeline will continue to drive dividend growth. Times,Sunday Times About 1.1 billion of its 2.5 billion development pipeline has already been committed. Times, Sunday Times It added that it had a secured development pipeline of more than 200 million. Times, Sunday Times Our members have a development pipeline of 93,000 desperately needed homes. Times, Sunday Times Gas has already been found in the area, which has an existing pipeline network and local market for the product. Times, Sunday Times More capacity could be added along existing pipeline corridors, she says. canada.com Natural gas, the station's fuel, will be supplied to the station by a pipeline, with a short connection to an existing pipeline to the north. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The total construction cost was $14.5 million, including changes to the existing pipeline. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The entire length would be 4,400 kilometres with approximately 70 percent being existing pipeline (3,000 kilometres) that would be converted from natural gas to crude oil. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A fuel pipeline, fibre-optic cable and wind farm would also be incorporated into the infrastructure. Times, Sunday Times The investigation has discovered that not all procedures were followed when the fuel pipeline system was brought back into service. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Emergency vehicles could not approach due to a fuel pipeline destroyed by the crash and blocking the narrow road. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Fuel pipelines were constructed to shorten supply lines, but were too time-consuming to build to be of much short-term use. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The sheer scale, ambition and potential vulnerability of the pipeline project seized the public imagination far beyond the region. Times, Sunday Times However, he did confirm that his company has taken a role in searching for a way for the pipeline project to proceed. Globe and Mail The pipeline project was the longest, biggest and heaviest of its kind in the world. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To be hired on the pipeline project, welders had to go through an intensive certification process that involved a series of test welds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The suppliers were under the impression that their tubes would have been used in a pipeline project. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The pipeline route includes 15 tunnels spanning 1,848m and 29 water crosses. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The site of the camp was on the proposed pipeline route. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The large sums of money being made and spent caused an upsurge in crime and illicit activity in towns along the pipeline route. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Not long before, a huge landslide swept away the whole surface area of a mountain close to the intended pipeline route. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These surveys are also useful for planning subsea pipeline routes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The pipeline system was scheduled for substantial changes and additions, however. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The investigation has discovered that not all procedures were followed when the fuel pipeline system was brought back into service. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Interconnected wells that were dug out in several meters apart from each other, were used for the cleaning the pipeline system. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It will increase the total pipeline system capacity to, and with additional pumping stations to more than. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The pipeline system consists of three sections running through eight states. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The reasons for difficulty include rigorous product pipeline requirements and the inability to create new products to match the pace of loss of exclusivity. ST The group, which makes industrial and healthcare measuring devices, revealed an extensive new product pipeline. Times, Sunday Times It said the acquisition will expand its franchise in anti-inflammatory technology and strengthen its product pipeline. Globe and Mail One by one, instant film products were targeted for elimination, based on revenue and the amount of material left in the product pipeline. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Initially, it was a product pipeline. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A federal investigation later found that some 60 spillssome unreportedoccurred between 1984 and 1998, when the pipeline was shut down. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Approximately of oil leaked out of the hole before the pipeline was shut down. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The break, which spilled 50,000 gallons before the pipeline was shut down, cut off fuel supplies to all three of the airport's airline terminals. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Upon learning of the release, the company immediately shut down the pipeline, stopped operations at the pump station and terminal, notified the appropriate authorities, and began an emergency response. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Confusion by the pipeline company led to a delay in shutting down the pipeline. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The resulting carbon dioxide will be channelled through an underground pipeline 80km (50 miles) long and injected into a layer of limestone and salty water 2km undergroud. Times, Sunday Times Construction workers accidentally broke an underground pipeline from which fuel started to spill out; moments later an explosion occurred. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Police have uncovered the theft of 30,000 litres of diesel from one of the country's main underground pipelines. Times, Sunday Times The company said that construction will begin immediately on a processing plant and a network of underground pipelines. Times, Sunday Times They dig tunnels to underground pipelines, puncture the pipes with hand drills, install valves, and divert the oil - often using garden hoses - to tankers. Times, Sunday Times There was a broken water pipeline, and the water was jetting vertically creating this amazing ice hill. Smithsonian Mag Profits from the power division fell after a plant was forced offline because regulators have yet to approve a sea water pipeline, leaving it short of cooling water. Times, Sunday Times The line for most of its length runs to the south of the water pipeline. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The actuators in the picture on the right are used to control the valves of large water pipeline. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Then he brandished an iron pipe that he had broken off of a water pipeline and threatened the guards with it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 管线 Japanese: パイプライン |
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