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单词 stovepipe
释义
stove·pipe (stōvpīp)
n.
1. A pipe, usually of thin sheet metal, used to conduct smoke or fumes from a stove into a chimney flue.
2. A very tall hat with a flat crown and narrow brim, traditionally made of silk.
3. Informal A pathway for transmitting information higher in a hierarchy while bypassing intervening levels that remain uninformed about this information.
tr.v. stove·piped, stove·pip·ing, stove·pipes
Informal
To transmit (information) up in a hierarchy by means of a stovepipe.
stovepipe
1886 Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi by Giovanni Boldini
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