| 单词 | pipeline |
| 释义 | pipeline (once / 1259 pages) n A pipeline is a series of pipes that liquid or gas flows through. A pipeline can also be a channel for other things, even ideas. The Internet is an information pipeline. No digging required! While oil and natural gas often go through a pipeline, other substances are also transported this way, including water used for irrigation and even, in some cases, beer. You can use pipeline when you talk about other quick-moving things, like a source of goods, or even spoken communication. You could call the big companies in your city a kind of “job pipeline.” If you have an idea for a community pool in the pipeline, go ahead and hire the lifeguards! WORD FAMILYpipeline: pipelines USAGE EXAMPLESThe pipeline would carry oil from western North Dakota through South Dakota and Iowa to a shipping point in Illinois. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Speeches normally dominate the first week of the Legislature - but not this year due to security reasons involving the Dakota Access pipeline protests. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Police say a woman arrested following the hanging a Dakota Access pipeline protest banner from the roof of U.S. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n a pipe used to transport liquids or gases a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper line trans-Alaska pipeline an oil pipeline that runs 800 miles from wells at Prudhoe Bay to the port of Valdez gas line a pipeline used to transport natural gas oil pipelinea pipeline used to transport oil pipage, pipe, piping a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc. 2n gossip spread by spoken communication Syn|Hyper grapevine, word of mouth comment, gossip, scuttlebutt a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people |
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