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单词 superpipe
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superpipe
superpipe n.
Brit. /ˈsuːpəpʌɪp/
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/ˈsjuːpəpʌɪp/
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U.S. /ˈsupərˌpaɪp/
(a) (a length of) pipe of exceptional size, strength, etc.; (b) (in snowboarding and freestyle skiing) an extended half-pipe constructed of snow banks forming a high-walled channel, down which snowboarders and skiers travel while performing aerial manoeuvres on each wall of the channel alternately; cf. half-pipe n. 2b.In quot. 1998 referring to a computer game involving snowboarding.
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1907 Proc. U.S. Naval Inst. 33 i. 31 Why, when in ninety per cent of the cases all the navy wanted was the best and strongest quality of commercial pipe on the market, there were not two kinds of standard specifications, one for the superpipe and the other for just pipe.
1992 E. Noam Telecommunications in Europe xxxiii. 351 ISDN claims to put together separate communications networks into one unified superpipe.
1998 AM Newswire (Nexis) 29 Dec. Once they come out on top of the circuit, four additional levels are unlocked—Superpipe, I-70, Boarder-X, and Freeride.
1999 Lincoln (Nebraska) Jrnl. Star (Nexis) 5 Dec. 13 Almost 20 percent of last year's lift tickets were sold to snowboarders. Vail is adding a new pipe dragon with a 15-foot super-pipe.
2012 H. Thorpe Snowboarding: Ultimate Guide iii. 54 The additional height of the super-pipe walls enables athletes to store more gravitational energy at the top of the wall, and thus gain more potential energy and kinetic energy.
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