单词 | piping |
释义 | piping (once / 2185 pages) 1n 2n 3n 4adv WORD FAMILY piping: pipings+/pipe: pipage, piped, pipeful, piper, pipes, piping/pipeful: pipefuls/piper: pipers USAGE EXAMPLESBesides the turtle doves, only the cost of 11 pipers piping and 12 drummers drumming - both up 2.8 percent - increased. Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) Eleven pipers piping and 12 drummers drumming were also slightly more expensive this year. Seattle Times(Nov 30, 2016) A publicity picture shows her in a sleeveless black outfit with scarlet piping at the shoulders, taken from the collection. BBC(Nov 30, 2016) 1 n a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc. 2Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper pipage, pipe 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 n playing a pipe or the bagpipes 3Hyper playing the act of playing a musical instrument n a thin strip of covered cord used to edge hems 4Hyper cord a line made of twisted fibers or threads adv (used of heat) extremely the casserole was piping hot Syn steaming |
随便看 |
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。