bagpipes

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bag·pipes /ˈbæɡpaɪps/ noun [plural]  APMa musical instrument played especially in Scotland, in which air blown into a bag is forced out through pipes to produce a sound 〔苏格兰的〕风笛 →5 see picture at 见图 kilt —bagpipe adjective

Examples from the Corpus

bagpipes• The memorial at the bomb site featured mournful bagpipes played Amazing Grace after Marine Capt.• They arrived at the federal building site to the keening of bagpipes.• He started to learn the bagpipes at the age of nine and won several junior prizes.• Because when the curtain went up, there were three men playing the bagpipes.• Tom was aghast when he saw the bagpipes.• Emperor Frederick showed him great kindness and asked what reward he wanted for playing so well upon the bagpipes.• This was the road where the bagpipes had been hit by a piece of shrapnel.• The bagpipes were still there, they had not played a note since yesterday afternoon.

bag·pipes nounChineseSyllable  

especially in musical Corpus in instrument Scotland, a played

bagpipes
bag‧pipes /ˈbæɡpaɪps/ noun [plural]
a musical instrument played especially in Scotland, in which air blown into a bag is forced out through pipes to produce a sound
—bagpipe adjective

bag·pipesBrE /ˈbæɡpaɪps/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbæɡpaɪps/ 🔊 (also pipes) noun [plural] (NAmE also bag·pipe [singular] )

a musical instrument played especially in Scotland. The player blows air into a bag held under the arm and then slowly forces the air out through pipes to produce a noise. 风笛▸ bag·pipe BrE /ˈbæɡpaɪp/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbæɡpaɪp/ 🔊 adjective◆bagpipe music风笛乐