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单词 pipy
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pipyadj.1

Brit. /ˈpʌɪpi/, U.S. /ˈpaɪpi/
Forms: 1700s 1900s– pipey, 1700s– pipy.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pipe n.1, -y suffix1.
Etymology: < pipe n.1 + -y suffix1.
Shaped like a pipe, tubular. Also: containing pipes or tubes.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > [adjective] > of hollow cylindrical form
cannulate?a1425
fistulose?1440
pipedc1520
pipe-like1600
fistulous1601
tubulous1664
tubulary1673
tubular1682
cannulated1684
cannular1698
tubulated1713
tunnelled1713
tubulose1714
pipy1724
tubal1735
tubiform1745
tubulate1753
tube-shaped1760
tubuliform1794
fistuliform1805
tubular-shaped1815
tubed1816
canaliform1826
tunnel-shaped1826
tube-like1849
tunnelly1874
tunnel-like1880
tubar1887
1724 S. Switzer et al. Pract. Fruit-gardener xi. lxxviii. 406 When once sellery is whitened it must be eaten, otherwise it will soon grow pipey or rot.
1758 Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 193 A white pipy and stony coral.
1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 14 Where dank moisture breeds The pipy hemlock to strange overgrowth.
1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius iv. 121 The crust formed over the lava is remarkably pipy as well as cellular.
1933 C. A. Smith Light from Beyond in Lost Worlds (1944) 379 It seemed that the pipy arms of these creatures were far stronger than one would have imagined.
2003 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 18 May f1 You just turn that thing in the basement. The metal wheelie thing that's attached to the long pipey thing?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pipyadj.2

Brit. /ˈpʌɪpi/, U.S. /ˈpaɪpi/
Forms: 1700s– pipy, 1900s– pipey.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pipe v.1, -y suffix1.
Etymology: < pipe v.1 + -y suffix1.
1. Piping, shrill. Cf. pipe v.1 5.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > shrill or forced
shrillc1386
shirl1418
straineda1542
treble1550
efforced1590
shrilly1594
minikin1602
stridulous1646
feigned1664
extended1699
pipy1769
falsetto1826
screechy1834
stridulent1874
roofy1897
taut1916
1769 T. Twining Let. 20 Feb. (1991) I. 70 The tone..of a castrato..he [sc. Rousseau] thought to have something squally & pipy & spewy & queer in it.
1859 Chambers's Jrnl. 25 June 408/2 The words in which my reply was couched came forth in my pipy, shaky voice, in a phrase of the metropolitan gamin.
1890 W. S. Gilbert Foggerty's Fairy & Other Tales 14 ‘Cheer up, Mr. Foggerty,’ said a pipy little voice.
1950 I. Kolodin New Guide to Recorded Music 12 The pipy sound of the organ used by Biggs is unpleasant at this pace.
1998 Record Collector Apr. 71/4 Fairly twee pipey computer instrumentation with a teenage-angst lyric.
2. colloquial. Given to crying or weeping. Cf. pipe v.1 8. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [adjective]
weepingc900
wopi?c1225
greetingfula1340
greetyc1350
weeplyc1374
weepfula1382
weepinglyc1440
lachrymablec1450
moistc1450
lachrymous1490
rainy1563
tearfula1586
greeting1588
collachrymate1593
crying1594
onion-eyeda1616
maudlinc1616
rheumatica1627
fluxed1628
lachrymalc1630
crystal-droppinga1650
showery1654
lugent1656
Niobean1665
lachrymary1693
lachrymose1727
moist-eyed1797
larmoyant1824
pluviose1824
ploratory1831
lachrymating1837
screwmatic1847
pipy1861
weepy1863
blarting1898
leaky1905
1861 C. M. Yonge Stokesley Secret xii. 179 ‘Christabel,’ said a little voice,..‘I shall never be pipy again.’
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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