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单词 pipeline
释义
pipelinepipe‧line /ˈpaɪp-laɪn/ ●○○ noun [countable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But even with the superstores, the retail pipeline typically maintains at least 70 days of inventory, analysts say.
  • Gas and oil pipelines have staunched many creeks and rivers, swamping prime pastures and crop lands.
  • Number one, I have seen the vehicles in the pipeline, and I really like what I see.
  • Reserves are large enough to support transboundary pipeline development, but huge investment would be required, potentially many billions of dollars.
  • The blast wave from the explosion ruptures storage tanks and gas pipelines and overturns and ignites vehicles.
  • The East-West pipeline is nearly half welded and laid.
  • There is no sense in doing this, however, unless there is an order in the pipeline.
  • Transportation by pipeline and handling are simple, and local storage is not required.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorways of saying that something is being planned
if something such as a new product or a change is in the pipeline , it is being planned and prepared and it will be ready soon: · After considerable market research, several new products are now in the pipeline.· There are one or two important changes in the pipeline.
also be at the planning stage British if something such as a product is in the planning stages , it is being planned, but the final details have not yet been decided: · A new museum is currently at the planning stage at Bowness.· The programme is only in the planning stages, and is not likely to be broadcast until next year.
if something new, interesting, strange, or dishonest is afoot , someone is planning it, especially secretly: · From information received, it was thought that some illegal activity was afoot.· A quick look round the research and development facility in Versailles revealed a number of interesting software projects afoot.plans/changes/moves etc are afoot: · Plans are now afoot for an important exhibition of Canaletto in England.· Apparently, moves are afoot to ban smoking in public places.
WORD SETS
boiler, nouncamshaft, nounchuck, nouncollar, nounconsole, nouncylinder, noundecompress, verbdiggings, noundrag, nounengagement, nounengine, nounengineer, nounengineer, verbexhaust, nounhydraulics, nounlubricant, nounlubricate, verbmetal fatigue, nounperformance, nounpipe fitter, nounpipeline, nounpiston, nounplunger, nounregulator, nounrig, nounrivet, verbrotary, adjectivesafety valve, nounseparator, nounshaft, nounshockproof, adjectivesparking plug, nounspark plug, nounspindle, nounstarter, nounstreamline, verbtheodolite, nountorsion, nountruss, nountune, verbtune-up, nountunnel, verbturboprop, nounwind tunnel, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· The Chinese and Russian governments are cooperating in gas pipeline projects.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Cities are full of gas stations, motor vehicles, natural gas pipelines, and the like.
· Gas exports through the new trans-Siberian export pipeline from Urengoy have helped in the past and will help in the future.· The plan envisions a 20-year program of everything from drilling and production to new pipelines and gas-processing facilities.
NOUN
· Reserves are large enough to support transboundary pipeline development, but huge investment would be required, potentially many billions of dollars.· What is the main reason for local companies' preference for cooperation or partnership with those major companies in the pipeline development?· Who is the driving force in the pipeline development?· Despite these differences, it is encouraging to see that both countries are positive about cooperation in this pipeline development.
· Many problems lie ahead for the development of gas pipelines, but the prospects are increasingly positive.· Cities are full of gas stations, motor vehicles, natural gas pipelines, and the like.· Without those proposals, I am sure that the gas pipeline would never even have got out of the locker.· What should be the first region to be developed for the long-distance gas pipeline?· To fill the gap, imports from the Siberian gas pipeline are envisaged.· But the war is also about the building of a gas pipeline.
· The line meanders along this stretch: oil pipelines are crossed and the meanders are for sound engineering reasons.· Gas and oil pipelines have staunched many creeks and rivers, swamping prime pastures and crop lands.· Soviet agreements with the Shah included credits for arms purchases and the construction of an oil pipeline.· Police suspect that foreign companies have paid guerrillas protection money to prevent them from blowing up remote oil pipelines and fields.
· If it wins needed approvals, the company said it expects the pipeline project to begin operation in 1997.
· The project includes a 130-mile pipeline system and a gas plant in Larose, La.
VERB
· But the war is also about the building of a gas pipeline.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • After considerable market research, several new products are now in the pipeline.
  • Plans for building 1,700 rental units are in the pipeline.
  • There are one or two important changes in the pipeline.
  • A new version is in the pipeline in which unknowns will be replaced by celebrities.
  • But another round of solutions may be in the pipeline, too.
  • But several are in the pipeline and there have been trials.
  • How many are in the pipeline and how many are on his desk?
  • Last night Bowe's manager, Rock Newman, revealed a new deal was in the pipeline.
  • More job losses are in the pipeline.
  • Mr Sherwood said other co-operative initiatives were in the pipeline.
  • The mid-engined Maserati was in the pipeline but still one year away.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • A high-school program is in the works.
  • A Sprint spokeswoman declined comment, but company sources confirmed the plan is in the works.
  • Another, even larger project is in the works just north of Puerto Pe asco.
  • But Sassa said no time change is in the works.
  • Hence the suspicion that a compromise is in the works.
  • Legislation is in the works to encourage states to improve planning and prevention.
  • The suit is meant to head off a legal attack against it by Apple which Quorum believes is in the works.
1a line of connecting pipes, often under the ground, used for sending gas, oil etc over long distances2be in the pipeline if a plan, idea, or event is in the pipeline, it is being prepared and it will happen or be completed soon:  More job losses are in the pipeline.
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