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panpipes

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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pan·pipes /ˈpænpaɪps/ noun [plural]  APMa simple musical instrument made of short wooden pipes of different lengths, that you play by blowing across their open ends 排箫;牧神箫
Origin panpipes (1800-1900) Pan ( → PANIC1), who is said to have invented it + pipes
pan·pipes nounChineseSyllable


panpipes
panpipes /ˈpænpaɪps/ noun [plural]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Origin: Pan ( panic1), who is said to have invented it + pipes
a simple musical instrument made of short wooden pipes of different lengths, that you play by blowing across their open ends