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单词 pipelet
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pipeletn.

Brit. /ˈpʌɪplᵻt/, U.S. /ˈpaɪplət/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pipe n.1, -let suffix.
Etymology: < pipe n.1 + -let suffix.
rare.
A small pipe.In quot. 1885 with reference to a weak, piping voice; cf. pipe n.1 2a.
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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).
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