| 单词 | pipe | 
| 释义 | pipe (once / 113 pages) 1nv 2nv 3v A pipe is a hollow tube that liquid flows through. When your kitchen pipes get clogged, call a plumber. A pipe is also something to put tobacco in and smoke. Old pictures of Santa show him smoking a pipe. Water moves through pipes before it comes flowing out of your faucets. Other substances, like oil and gas, also flow through pipes. These pipes are usually made of metal or a very sturdy kind of plastic. Other kinds of pipes include the ones you make music with and the one your uncle has to smoke outside, because it's so smelly. Pipe comes from the Vulgar Latin pipa, "tube-shaped musical instrument."WORD FAMILY pipe: pipage, piped, pipeful, piper, pipes, piping+/pipeful: pipefuls/piper: pipers/piping: pipingsUSAGE EXAMPLES Throughout the mini-farm, PVC pipes and wires run here and there, connecting to clamps and switches. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Caden looked at it closely before cutting the pipe cleaner in half. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) One little kid dressed up as him for Halloween with pipe cleaners mimicking his long dreadlocks. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n a hollow cylindrical shape Syn|Hyper tube cylinder a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line 2n a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc. Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper pipage, piping trans-Alaska pipeline an oil pipeline that runs 800 miles from wells at Prudhoe Bay to the port of Valdez chimneypot a short earthenware pipe on the top of a chimney to increase the draftdischarge pipe a pipe through which fluids can be dischargeddrain, drainpipe, waste pipe a pipe through which liquid is carried awaydrilling pipe a series of tubes (joined by screwed collars) that connect a drilling platform to the drilling bit; rotates the bit and supplies drilling mudelbow a length of pipe with a sharp bend in itexhaust pipe a pipe through which burned gases travel from the exhaust manifold to the mufflerfuel line, gas line, petrol line a pipe that carries gasoline from a tank to a gasoline enginemain a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewagemanifold a pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipesline, pipeline a pipe used to transport liquids or gasesriser, riser main, riser pipe, riser pipeline a vertical pipe in a buildingsparge pipe a horizontal pipe having fine holes drilled throughout its length so as to deliver a spray of waterstandpipe a vertical pipesteam line, steam pipe a pipe conducting steamtailpipe a pipe carrying fumes from the muffler to the rear of a carculvert a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railwayelectric main a main that distributes electricityexhaust manifold a manifold that receives exhaust gases from the cylinders and conducts them to the exhaust pipegas line a pipeline used to transport natural gasgas main a main that distributes gashydrant a discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworksinlet manifold manifold that carries vaporized fuel from the carburetor to the inlet valves of the cylindersintake manifold a manifold consisting of a pipe to carry fuel to each cylinder in an internal-combustion engineoil pipeline a pipeline used to transport oilscupper drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboardcloaca, sewer, sewerage a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface watersewer line, sewer main a main in a sewage systemsoil pipe drain that conveys liquid waste from toilets, etc.trap drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gaswater main main (a pipe or conduit) for conveying water tube, tubing conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases 3n a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco Syn|Hypo|Hyper tobacco pipe briar, briar pipe a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heathcalabash, calabash pipe a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourdcalumet, peace pipe, pipe of peace a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace)clay pipe a pipe made of claycalean, chicha, hookah, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly, kalian, narghile, nargileh, sheesha, shisha, water pipe an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through watermeerschaum a pipe having a bowl made of meerschaumdudeen a clay pipe with a short stem tube, tubing conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases 4v transport by pipeline2 pipe oil, water, and gas into the desert Hyper transport move something or somebody around; usually over long distances 1n a tubular wind instrument Hypo|Hyper bagpipe a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the dronechanter, melody pipe reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is playedbourdon, drone, drone pipe a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tonefipple flute, fipple pipe, recorder, vertical flute a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiecepandean pipe, panpipe, syrinx a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound togetherpitch pipe a small pipe sounding a tone of standard frequency; used to establish the starting pitch for unaccompanied singingflageolet, shepherd's pipe, treble recorder a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holesmusette, shepherd's pipe a small bagpipe formerly popular in Francepennywhistle, tin whistle, whistle an inexpensive fipple flute wind, wind instrument a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath 2n the flues and stops on a pipe organ Syn|Hypo|Hyper organ pipe, pipework flue, flue pipe, labial pipe organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or liporgan stop a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone qualityreed pipe organ pipe with a vibrating reeddiapason, diapason stop either of the two main stops on a pipe organdulciana the organ stop having a tone of soft sweet string qualityflue stop an organ stop with the tone of a flue pipereed stop an organ stop with the tone of a reed instrumentsourdine an organ stop resulting in a soft muted soundvoix celeste, vox angelica an organ stop producing a gentle tremolo effect wind, wind instrument a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath 3v play on a pipe pipe a tune Hyper play perform music on (a musical instrument) 4v utter a shrill cry3 Syn|Hypo|Hyper pipe up, shriek, shrill caterwaul, yowl utter shrieks, as of cats call, cry, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell utter a sudden loud cry v trim with piping pipe the skirt Hyper adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | 
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