单词 | pipe |
释义 | pipe (once / 113 pages) 1nv 2nv 3v A pipe is a hollow tube that liquid flows through. When your kitchen pipes get clogged, call a plumber. A pipe is also something to put tobacco in and smoke. Old pictures of Santa show him smoking a pipe. Water moves through pipes before it comes flowing out of your faucets. Other substances, like oil and gas, also flow through pipes. These pipes are usually made of metal or a very sturdy kind of plastic. Other kinds of pipes include the ones you make music with and the one your uncle has to smoke outside, because it's so smelly. Pipe comes from the Vulgar Latin pipa, "tube-shaped musical instrument." WORD FAMILYpipe: pipage, piped, pipeful, piper, pipes, piping+/pipeful: pipefuls/piper: pipers/piping: pipings USAGE EXAMPLESThroughout the mini-farm, PVC pipes and wires run here and there, connecting to clamps and switches. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Caden looked at it closely before cutting the pipe cleaner in half. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) One little kid dressed up as him for Halloween with pipe cleaners mimicking his long dreadlocks. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n a hollow cylindrical shape Syn|Hyper tube cylinder a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line 2n a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc. Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper pipage, piping trans-Alaska pipeline an oil pipeline that runs 800 miles from wells at Prudhoe Bay to the port of Valdez chimneypot a short earthenware pipe on the top of a chimney to increase the draft discharge pipea pipe through which fluids can be discharged drain, drainpipe, waste pipea pipe through which liquid is carried away drilling pipea series of tubes (joined by screwed collars) that connect a drilling platform to the drilling bit; rotates the bit and supplies drilling mud elbowa length of pipe with a sharp bend in it exhaust pipea pipe through which burned gases travel from the exhaust manifold to the muffler fuel line, gas line, petrol linea pipe that carries gasoline from a tank to a gasoline engine maina principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage manifolda pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes line, pipelinea pipe used to transport liquids or gases riser, riser main, riser pipe, riser pipelinea vertical pipe in a building sparge pipea horizontal pipe having fine holes drilled throughout its length so as to deliver a spray of water standpipea vertical pipe steam line, steam pipea pipe conducting steam tailpipea pipe carrying fumes from the muffler to the rear of a car culverta transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway electric maina main that distributes electricity exhaust manifolda manifold that receives exhaust gases from the cylinders and conducts them to the exhaust pipe gas linea pipeline used to transport natural gas gas maina main that distributes gas hydranta discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks inlet manifoldmanifold that carries vaporized fuel from the carburetor to the inlet valves of the cylinders intake manifolda manifold consisting of a pipe to carry fuel to each cylinder in an internal-combustion engine oil pipelinea pipeline used to transport oil scupperdrain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard cloaca, sewer, seweragea waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water sewer line, sewer maina main in a sewage system soil pipedrain that conveys liquid waste from toilets, etc. trapdrain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas water mainmain (a pipe or conduit) for conveying water tube, tubing conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases 3n a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco Syn|Hypo|Hyper tobacco pipe briar, briar pipe a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath calabash, calabash pipea pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd calumet, peace pipe, pipe of peacea highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace) clay pipea pipe made of clay calean, chicha, hookah, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly, kalian, narghile, nargileh, sheesha, shisha, water pipean oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water meerschauma pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum dudeena clay pipe with a short stem tube, tubing conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases 4v transport by pipeline 2pipe oil, water, and gas into the desert Hyper transport move something or somebody around; usually over long distances 1n a tubular wind instrument Hypo|Hyper bagpipe a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone chanter, melody pipereed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played bourdon, drone, drone pipea pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone fipple flute, fipple pipe, recorder, vertical flutea tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece pandean pipe, panpipe, syrinxa primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together pitch pipea small pipe sounding a tone of standard frequency; used to establish the starting pitch for unaccompanied singing flageolet, shepherd's pipe, treble recordera small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes musette, shepherd's pipea small bagpipe formerly popular in France pennywhistle, tin whistle, whistlean inexpensive fipple flute wind, wind instrument a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath 2n the flues and stops on a pipe organ Syn|Hypo|Hyper organ pipe, pipework flue, flue pipe, labial pipe organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip organ stopa graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality reed pipeorgan pipe with a vibrating reed diapason, diapason stopeither of the two main stops on a pipe organ dulcianathe organ stop having a tone of soft sweet string quality flue stopan organ stop with the tone of a flue pipe reed stopan organ stop with the tone of a reed instrument sourdinean organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound voix celeste, vox angelicaan organ stop producing a gentle tremolo effect wind, wind instrument a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath 3v play on a pipe pipe a tune Hyper play perform music on (a musical instrument) 4v utter a shrill cry 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper pipe up, shriek, shrill caterwaul, yowl utter shrieks, as of cats call, cry, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell utter a sudden loud cry v trim with piping pipe the skirt Hyper adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. |
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