drainpipe

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Housedrainpipedrain‧pipe /ˈdreɪnpaɪp/ noun [countable] 1 British EnglishDHH a pipe that carries rainwater away from the roof of a building SYN downspout2 DHH American English a pipe that carries waste water away from buildings SYN drainExamples from the Corpusdrainpipe• Bernadette Pollock, 32, climbed a drainpipe on to a window ledge after losing her keys.• Outside the church, she was surprised to see Snappy, tethered to a drainpipe.• A more effective insulation is to box in the trap and drainpipe and fill the box with fiberglass insulation.• No fire-escape, no convenient drainpipe anyone could shin up.• On one side it was fixed to a plastic drainpipe outside the Stars and Stripes pub.• There is some fine modelling on the façade although the drainpipes now spoil much of the effect.• I also borrowed a small silver bowl for collecting water from the drainpipe.• It caught her straight across the neck and she probably owes her life to the fact that the drainpipe snapped.

单词	drainpipe
释义	drainpipe From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Housedrainpipedrain‧pipe /ˈdreɪnpaɪp/ noun [countable] 1 British EnglishDHH a pipe that carries rainwater away from the roof of a building SYN downspout2 DHH American English a pipe that carries waste water away from buildings SYN drainExamples from the Corpusdrainpipe• Bernadette Pollock, 32, climbed a drainpipe on to a window ledge after losing her keys.• Outside the church, she was surprised to see Snappy, tethered to a drainpipe.• A more effective insulation is to box in the trap and drainpipe and fill the box with fiberglass insulation.• No fire-escape, no convenient drainpipe anyone could shin up.• On one side it was fixed to a plastic drainpipe outside the Stars and Stripes pub.• There is some fine modelling on the façade although the drainpipes now spoil much of the effect.• I also borrowed a small silver bowl for collecting water from the drainpipe.• It caught her straight across the neck and she probably owes her life to the fact that the drainpipe snapped.
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