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P0323300 (pīp)n.1. a. A hollow cylinder or tube used to conduct a liquid, gas, or finely divided solid.b. A section or piece of such a tube.2. a. A device for smoking, consisting of a tube of wood, clay, or other material with a small bowl at one end.b. An amount of smoking material, such as tobacco, needed to fill the bowl of a pipe; a pipeful.3. Informal a. A tubular part or organ of the body.b. pipes The passages of the human respiratory system.4. Abbr. p.a. A large wine cask, especially one having a capacity of 126 gallons or 2 hogsheads (478 liters).b. This volume as a unit of liquid measure.5. Music a. A tubular wind instrument, such as a flute.b. Any of the tubes in an organ.c. pipes A small wind instrument, consisting of tubes of different lengths bound together.d. pipes A bagpipe.6. pipes Informal The vocal cords; the voice, especially as used in singing.7. A birdcall.8. Nautical A whistle used for signaling crew members: a boatswain's pipe.9. Geology a. A vertical cylindrical vein of ore.b. One of the vertical veins of eruptive origin in which diamonds are found in South Africa.10. Geology An eruptive passageway opening into the crater of a volcano.11. Metallurgy A cone-shaped cavity in a steel ingot, formed during cooling by escaping gases.v. piped, pip·ing, pipes v.tr.1. a. To convey (liquid or gas) by means of pipes.b. To convey as if by pipes, especially to transmit by wire or cable: piped music into the store.2. To provide with pipes or connect with pipes.3. a. To play (a tune) on a pipe or pipes.b. To lead by playing on pipes.4. Nautical a. To signal (crew members) with a boatswain's pipe.b. To receive aboard or mark the departure of by sounding a boatswain's pipe.5. To utter in a shrill reedy tone.6. To furnish (a garment or fabric) with piping.7. To force through a pastry tube, as frosting onto a cake.8. Slang To take a look at; notice.v.intr.1. To play on a pipe.2. To speak shrilly; make a shrill sound.3. To chirp or whistle, as a bird does.4. Nautical To signal the crew with a boatswain's pipe.5. Metallurgy To develop conical cavities during solidification.Phrasal Verbs: pipe down Slang To stop talking; be quiet. pipe up To speak up.

[Middle English, from Old English pīpe, from Vulgar Latin *pīpa, from Latin pīpāre, to chirp.]

pipes

(paɪps) pl n1. (Instruments) the pipes Scot the bagpipes2. (Anatomy) the respiratory tract3. (Anatomy) the vocal cords

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(paip) noun1. a tube, usually made of metal, earthenware etc, through which water, gas etc can flow. a water pipe; a drainpipe.管子2. a small tube with a bowl at one end, in which tobacco is smoked. He smokes a pipe; (also adjective) pipe tobacco.烟斗3. a musical instrument consisting of a hollow wooden, metal etc tube through which the player blows or causes air to be blown in order to make a sound. He played a tune on a bamboo pipe; an organ pipe.管乐器 verb1. to convey gas, water etc by a pipe. Water is piped to the town from the reservoir.管道输送2. to play (music) on a pipe or pipes. He piped a tune.用管乐器吹奏3. to speak in a high voice, make a high-pitched sound. `Hallo,' the little girl piped.尖声高叫ˈpiper noun a person who plays a pipe or pipes, especially the bagpipes. 吹奏手pipes noun plural bagpipes or some similar instrument. He plays the pipes.风笛ˈpiping noun1. the act of playing a musical pipe or pipes. 吹箫2. (the act or process of conveying water, gas etc by means of) a length of pipe or number of pipes. lead piping; Piping the oil ashore will not be easy.管道系统 adjective (of a sound) high-pitched. a piping voice.尖声的pipe dream an idea which can only be imagined, and which would be impossible to carry out. For most people a journey round the world is only a pipe dream. 白日梦，幻想 ˈpipeline noun a long line of pipes used for conveying oil, gas, water etc. an oil pipeline across the desert.管线piping hot very hot. piping hot soup.滚烫的

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