单词 | pipe |
释义 | pipe —pipe /paɪp/ noun [C] (FOR TOBACCO) ► F0 a short, narrow tube with a small container at one end, used for smoking tobacco: » I ordered some tea for myself and lit my pipe.See picture: tobacco pipe Thesaurus+: ↑Tobacco and smoking noun [C] (INSTRUMENT) F0 a simple musical instrument made of a short, narrow tube that is played by blowing through it Thesaurus+: ↑Wind instrumentspipes [plural]F0 another word for BAGPIPES(Cf. ↑bagpipes) Thesaurus+: ↑Keyboard instrumentsF0 one of the metal or wood tubes in an organ through which air is pushed to make sound See picture: organ pipes Thesaurus+: ↑Keyboard instruments noun [C] (SYMBOL) ► F0 the | symbol on a computer keyboardnoun [C] (TUBE) ► B1 a tube inside which liquid or gas flows from one place to another: » a water/gas/sewer pipe» a burst/fractured/leaking pipeSee picture: water pipe Thesaurus+: ↑Plumbing and pipes and sewage • • • Extra Examples:» Water was leaking from the pipe.» The leakage was traced to an oil pipe in the cellar.» The pipe burst, sending out a shower of water.» Our pipes froze (up) several times last winter.» Engineers acted quickly to repair the damaged pipes.verb [T usually passive, + adv/prep] (TUBE) ↑Verb Endings for pipe ► F0 to transport something in a pipe: » Hot water is piped to all apartments from the central boiler room.» FIGURATIVE Music is piped throughout the hotel complex.Thesaurus+: ↑Plumbing and pipes and sewageverb [T] (SPEAK) ↑Verb Endings for pipe ► F0 to speak or sing in a high voiceThesaurus+: ↑Ways of talking |
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