1. | [c][u] 管子；管道a tube through which liquids and gases can flow |
hot and cold water pipes 冷、热水管 | |
lead/plastic pipes 铅╱塑料管子 | |
a leaking gas pipe 漏气的煤气管 | |
Copper pipe is sold in lengths. 铜管按长度出售。 | |
a burst pipe 爆裂的管子 |
2. | [c] 烟斗；烟袋a narrow tube with a bowl at one end, used for smoking tobacco |
to smoke a pipe 抽烟斗 | |
He puffed on his pipe. 他吸着烟斗。 | |
pipe tobacco 烟斗丝 |
3. | [c] 管乐器a musical instrument in the shape of a tube, played by blowing |
4. | [c] （管风琴的）音管any of the tubes from which sound is produced in an organ |
1. | [t] ~ sth (+ adv./prep.) 用管道输送to send water, gas, oil, etc. through a pipe from one place to another |
to pipe oil across the desert 用管子把石油输送过沙漠 | |
Water is piped from the reservoir to the city. 水用管子从水库输送到城市。 |
2. | [t][usupass] ~ sth (+ adv./prep.) 用线路系统传输（或传送）to send sounds or signals through a wire or cable from one place to another |
The speech was piped over a public address system. 讲话经广播系统传送出去。 |
3. | [t][i] ~ (sb) 用管乐器演奏（尤指迎宾曲）to play music on a pipe or the bagpipes , especially to welcome sb who has arrived |
Passengers were piped aboard ship at the start of the cruise. 游客在管乐迎宾曲中登船开始巡游。 | |
a prize for piping and drumming 笛鼓演奏奖 |
4. | [i][t] (+ speech) 尖声地说（或唱）；尖声啼鸣to speak or sing in a high voice or with a high sound |
Outside a robin piped. 外面有一只知更鸟在啼鸣。 |
5. | [t] ~ sth (on sth) 裱花（用裱花袋把糖霜等裱在糕点上）to decorate food, especially a cake, with thin lines of icing , etc. by squeezing it out of a special bag or tube |
The cake had ‘Happy Birthday’ piped on it. 蛋糕上裱了“生日快乐”的字样。 |
