单词 | pipelet |
释义 | pipeletn. rare. A small pipe.In quot. 1885 with reference to a weak, piping voice; cf. pipe n.1 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [noun] > power or range of voice > small or weak voice voce velata1838 voicelet1844 pipelet1885 1885 L. B. Walford Nan I. 237 The above remark was uttered in a soft treble pipe, and at last half-a-dozen other pipelets, equally soft, responded. 1988 Yankee Aug. 76/2 The storm petrel's tube is a delicate shiny black pipelet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1885 |
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