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piping hot
pip·ing P0325400 (pī′pĭng)n.1. A system of pipes, such as those used in plumbing.2. Music a. The act of playing on a pipe.b. The music produced by a pipe when played.3. A shrill, high-pitched sound.4. A narrow tube of fabric, sometimes enclosing a cord, used for trimming seams and edges, as of slipcovers.5. A tubular ribbon of icing on a pastry.adj.1. Music Playing on a pipe.2. Having a high-pitched sound: the piping voices of children.3. Tranquil; peaceful: "in this weak piping time of peace" (Shakespeare).Idiom: piping hot Very hot: piping hot biscuits.Translationspipe (paip) noun1. a tube, usually made of metal, earthenware etc, through which water, gas etc can flow. a water pipe; a drainpipe. 管子 管子2. a small tube with a bowl at one end, in which tobacco is smoked. He smokes a pipe; (also adjective) pipe tobacco. 煙斗 烟斗3. a musical instrument consisting of a hollow wooden, metal etc tube through which the player blows or causes air to be blown in order to make a sound. He played a tune on a bamboo pipe; an organ pipe. 管樂器 管乐器 verb1. to convey gas, water etc by a pipe. Water is piped to the town from the reservoir. 管道輸送 管道输送2. to play (music) on a pipe or pipes. He piped a tune. 用管樂器吹奏 用管乐器吹奏3. to speak in a high voice, make a high-pitched sound. `Hallo,' the little girl piped. 尖聲高叫 尖声高叫ˈpiper noun a person who plays a pipe or pipes, especially the bagpipes. 吹奏手 吹奏手pipes noun plural bagpipes or some similar instrument. He plays the pipes. 風笛 风笛ˈpiping noun1. the act of playing a musical pipe or pipes. 吹簫 吹箫2. (the act or process of conveying water, gas etc by means of) a length of pipe or number of pipes. lead piping; Piping the oil ashore will not be easy. 管道系統 管道系统 adjective (of a sound) high-pitched. a piping voice. 尖聲的 尖声的pipe dream an idea which can only be imagined, and which would be impossible to carry out. For most people a journey round the world is only a pipe dream. (永不可能實現)空想 白日梦，幻想 ˈpipeline noun a long line of pipes used for conveying oil, gas, water etc. an oil pipeline across the desert. 管線 管线piping hot very hot. piping hot soup. 滾燙的 滚烫的
piping hot
piping hotVery hot. Usually said of food that has just been taken out of the oven and has steam "piping" out of it. Cook the casserole in the oven for 40 minutes or until it is golden brown and piping hot.See also: hot, pipingpiping hot[of food] extremely hot. On a cold day, I like to eat piping hot soup. Be careful! This coffee is piping hot!See also: hot, pipingpiping hotVery hot, as in These biscuits are piping hot. This idiom alludes to something so hot that it makes a piping or hissing sound. [Late 1300s] See also: hot, pipingpiping hot very hot. Piping describes the hissing or sizzling noise made by food taken very hot from the oven. The phrase was earliest used by Chaucer in The Miller's Tale: ‘And wafres, pipyng hoot out of the gleede’ (‘gleede’ is an obsolete word for a fire). 1997 Sunday Times Try the chilli cakes… served piping hot from food stalls on the beach. See also: hot, piping piping hot Very hot: piping hot biscuits.See also: hot, pipingEncyclopediaSeepipingMedicalSeepipeLegalSeePipeFinancialSeePIPE |