| 单词 | pipe-water |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspipe-water pipe-water n. water channelled through a pipe or conduit. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > water > [noun] > conveyed by pipes pipe-water1466 1466 in J. T. Gilbert Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) I. 325 (MED) Hit is ordeynet..that the pype water, the wiche with bestes and stoppyng for fishyng ys letted and garred in diverse places, may be made clene. 1730 T. Short Diss. upon Tea 29 I used only Pipe Water. 1835 Times 1 Aug. 2/3 More than 200 voters have now been proved to be in arrear for paving-tax and pipe-water. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 24 Oct. 17/2 I will not live to see pipe-water squirting down sham rocks under a sham bridge. 1996 R. Allsopp Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage Pipe-water, any water drawn from a domestic tap..or from a standpipe. < as lemmas |
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