n.
- 管,導管,輸送管[C]
They are laying
pipes under the road.
他們正在鋪設路下面的管子。
- 菸斗[C]
His father is a
pipe-smoker.
他父親是抽菸斗的。
- 管樂器;笛[C]
He is playing a tune on his
pipe.
他在用笛子吹奏一支曲子。
- 笛聲;鳥鳴聲;尖銳的聲音[U]
- 管狀器官;呼吸器官[C]
- (液量單位)最大桶[C],大酒桶
- 【口】容易幹的事
vt.
- 用管道輸送[H][(+into/to)]
Water was
piped into the village two years ago.
兩年前水由管子通到了村裡。
Gas is
piped into all the houses.
瓦斯由管道輸送到各家各戶。
- (用尖聲)說話,唱歌;尖聲鳴叫
The woman
piped her disapproval.
那婦人尖聲嚷叫不贊成。
- 用管樂器吹奏
I'll
pipe your favorite song.
我來吹奏那支你喜歡聽的歌。
- 為……鋪設管道
Our neighborhood will be
piped for gas.
我們這個地區將要鋪設瓦斯管。
- 為(衣服)滾邊;為(糕餅)澆飾花邊
vi.
- 吹奏管樂
- 尖聲叫嚷,尖聲鳴叫
Wind was
piping in the woods.
風在林中呼嘯。
片語
pipe away
- 用管道輸出
They were
piping the water
away.
他們正用管道把水引走。
- 不斷地吹奏木管樂器
She had
piped away for a whole hour.
她已吹奏了整整一小時。
pipe down
- 用管道往下輸送
They had
piped the water
down.
他們已用管道把水引到下面。
- 吹哨讓(水手)下班
It's time to
pipe the sailors
down.
該吹哨通知水手們下班了。
- 【口】安靜!閉嘴!
Pipe down! I'm listening to the church bell.
安靜!我在聽教堂的鐘聲。
pipe in
- 用管道輸入
They had managed to
pipe the water
in from the river nearby.
他們已經設法用管道把附近的河水引進來。
- 用電訊設備傳送
We're going to
pipe electricity
in from a hydropower plant.
我們將從水電廠輸電出來。
pipe up
- 尖聲的說
I had to
pipe up when they were pushing that crazy idea.
當他們在鼓吹那瘋狂的想法時,我不得不大發議論。
"I don't agree!" someone
piped up.
"我不同意!"有人高聲說道。
Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
- 你自己好好考慮吧。
辨析
n.
- a tube used to convey water, gas, oil, or other fluids.
▸a cavity in cast metal.
- a device used for smoking tobacco, consisting of a narrow tube with a bowl at one end in which the tobacco is burned, the smoke from which is then drawn into the mouth.
- a wind instrument consisting of a single tube with holes along its length that are covered by the fingers to produce different notes.
▸
(pipes)
bagpipes.
▸
(pipes)
a set of musical pipes joined together, as in pan pipes.
▸any of the cylindrical tubes by which notes are produced in an organ.
▸a boatswain's whistle.
- a high-pitched cry or song, especially of a bird.
- a cylindrical vein of ore or rock, especially one in which diamonds are found.
- Computing a command which causes the output from one routine to be the input for another.
[short for pipeline.]
- a large cask for wine, especially as a measure equal to two hogsheads.
v.
- convey through a pipe or pipes.
- transmit (music, a programme, a signal, etc.) by wire or cable.
- play (a tune) on a pipe.
▸signal the arrival or departure of (someone) by playing a pipe or pipes:
the Duke was piped on board.
▸use a boatswain's pipe to summon (the crew) to work or a meal.
- sing or say in a high, shrill voice.
- decorate with piping.
- propagate (a pink or similar plant) by taking a cutting at the joint of a stem.
Phrase
- put that in your pipe and smoke it
informal said to stress that someone will have to accept a particular fact, even if it is unwelcome.
Phrase verbal
- pipe someone away
(or down)
Nautical dismiss someone from duty.
- pipe something away
Nautical give a signal for a boat to start. - pipe down
informal stop talking; be less noisy. - pipe up
say something suddenly.
Derivative
- pipeful n.
(pl. pipefuls)
. - pipeless adj.
- pipy adj.
Etymology
OE pīpe ‘musical tube’, pīpian ‘play a pipe’, of Gmc origin, based on L. pipare ‘to peep, chirp’.