pipe
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ldoce_261_bpipe1 /paɪp/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [countable] 1 
tube 管子TD a tube through which a liquid or gas flows 管，管子，管道 a water pipe 水管 a frozen waste pipe 冻住的污水管 copper pipes 铜管 A pipe had burst in the kitchen and flooded the floor. 厨房的一根管道爆裂，弄得满地都是水。 → drainpipe, windpipe, → exhaust pipe at exhaust2(1)2 
for smoking 用于抽烟DFT a thing used for smoking tobacco, consisting of a small tube with a container shaped like a bowl at one end 烟斗 Dad was there, smoking his pipe. 爸爸在那里吸着烟斗。 pipe tobacco 烟斗丝3 music 音乐 a) APMa simple musical instrument like a tube, that you play by blowing 笛（子） → panpipes b) APMone of the metal tubes that air passes through when you play an organ 〔管风琴的〕音管，风管 c) the pipesAPM bagpipes 〔苏格兰的〕风笛 →5 see picture at 见图 organ4 pipe dream PROBABLYa hope, idea, plan etc that is impossible or will probably never happen 白日梦，幻想，空想 In many parts of the country, democratic elections are simply a pipe dream. 在那个国家的很多地区，民主选举只是一个幻想。5. put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it spokenACCEPT used to say that someone must accept what you have just said, even though they do not like it 不管喜欢不喜欢，你都得接受我所说的n COLLOCATIONSNOUN + pipea water pipeBe careful to avoid piercing any water pipes or electricity cables.a gas pipea waste pipeWhat’s the best way to clear a blocked waste pipe?a sewer/sewage pipe (=for removing waste from the human body)verbslay a pipeThey were digging a trench to lay water pipes.block a pipeIt is likely that fat or grease is blocking the waste pipe.a pipe leaksHe complained that a water pipe was leaking in his hotel room.a pipe freezesThat winter was so cold that the pipes froze and we had no water.a pipe burstsA burst pipe can cause major structural damage quite quickly.
tube 管子TD a tube through which a liquid or gas flows 管，管子，管道 a water pipe 水管 a frozen waste pipe 冻住的污水管 copper pipes 铜管 A pipe had burst in the kitchen and flooded the floor. 厨房的一根管道爆裂，弄得满地都是水。 → drainpipe, windpipe, → exhaust pipe at exhaust2(1)2 for smoking 用于抽烟DFT a thing used for smoking tobacco, consisting of a small tube with a container shaped like a bowl at one end 烟斗 Dad was there, smoking his pipe. 爸爸在那里吸着烟斗。 pipe tobacco 烟斗丝3 music 音乐 a) APMa simple musical instrument like a tube, that you play by blowing 笛（子） → panpipes b) APMone of the metal tubes that air passes through when you play an organ 〔管风琴的〕音管，风管 c) the pipesAPM bagpipes 〔苏格兰的〕风笛 →5 see picture at 见图 organ4 pipe dream PROBABLYa hope, idea, plan etc that is impossible or will probably never happen 白日梦，幻想，空想 In many parts of the country, democratic elections are simply a pipe dream. 在那个国家的很多地区，民主选举只是一个幻想。5. put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it spokenACCEPT used to say that someone must accept what you have just said, even though they do not like it 不管喜欢不喜欢，你都得接受我所说的n COLLOCATIONSNOUN + pipea water pipeBe careful to avoid piercing any water pipes or electricity cables.a gas pipea waste pipeWhat’s the best way to clear a blocked waste pipe?a sewer/sewage pipe (=for removing waste from the human body)verbslay a pipeThey were digging a trench to lay water pipes.block a pipeIt is likely that fat or grease is blocking the waste pipe.a pipe leaksHe complained that a water pipe was leaking in his hotel room.a pipe freezesThat winter was so cold that the pipes froze and we had no water.a pipe burstsA burst pipe can cause major structural damage quite quickly.Examples from the Corpus
pipe• Dad has smoked a pipe for years.• Gas and drainage pipes had broken as a result of the settlement and there was a risk of further breaks.• Silver waited calmly, his pipe in his mouth, as he watched his followers.• Gary and I laughed, but Nate just puffed away on his pipe.• sewer pipes• The sound of the pipes came back from beyond, and no one was there in the room.• It took him three hours to uncover the pipe, the ground was so hard.• Up above were the pipes of the cellar ceiling.• Passing this liquid through pipes in the radiator allowed it to radiate energy into the cold of space.• At the second switchback, a Y in the trail breaks at a big yellow water pipe.• Let a little water run in your sink so that your pipes don't freeze.water pipe• A water pipe jutted from the sandy village main street another half mile to the east.• When nailing or screwing down carpet gripper strips, be careful to avoid piercing any water pipes or electricity cables.• The hot water pipes gurgled as they had done for ten years.• The programme will involve stripping lead paint from housing, replacing lead water pipes and removing contaminated soil from Tehranmany areas.• That night, two major water pipes were blown up, depriving Belfast of its water supplies.• Think of our public systems as an infrastructure-like sewers, water pipes, and electrical lines-and the idea of transparency becomes clear.• Yes, this location of the water pipe is correct.• The water pipes in the kitchen were frozen.smoking ... pipe• All through the afternoon and the evening he went on thinking silently, and smoking pipe after pipe.• He was sitting in his chair, smoking a pipe, and my first reaction was not favourable.• Nanny Ogg was sitting on a chair just inside the door, smoking her pipe.• Father worn out from the beating he had administered, sat on the doorstep smoking his pipe.• They used to sit here together for hours, smoking their pipes and chatting.• Don King wondered if I was off smoking a pipe somewhere, or something.• Supposing the tramp was there behind the clump, she thought, smoking his pipe and waiting to catch her?• I have seen few women smoking a pipe.pipe2 verb 1 send liquid/gas 输送液体/气体 [transitive]TAKE/BRING to send a liquid or gas through a pipe to another place 用管道输送〔液体或气体〕be piped into/from/out of etc something Eighty per cent of sewage is piped directly into the sea. 80%的污水被直接排入海中。be piped in/out/up etc A lot of oil is piped in from Alaska. 大量石油是从阿拉斯加输送来的。 villages with no piped water 没有管道供水的乡村n Grammar Pipe is usually passive in this meaning.2. make music 演奏音乐 [intransitive, transitive]APM to make a musical sound, using a pipe 吹奏（笛子）3. food 食物DFC [transitive] to decorate food, especially a cake, with lines of icing or cream 在〔蛋糕〕上裱花4 speak 说话 [transitive] literary to speak or sing something in a high voice 高声说；高声唱 ‘Morning!’ he piped with a cheery voice. “早上好！”他声音愉快地高声说道。5 pipe down phrasal verb spoken QUIETto stop talking or making a noise, and become calmer and less excited 停止讲话[吵闹]；安静下来 Everybody pipe down. There’s no need to shout. 大家都请安静下来，没有必要嚷嚷。6 pipe something ↔ in (also pipe something into something) phrasal verb to send radio signals or recorded music into a room or building 传输，传送〔无线电信号或录制的音乐到某地〕 tunes piped in over an acoustic system 通过音响系统传送出来的旋律7 pipe up phrasal verb informal SAY/STATEto suddenly say something, especially when you have been quiet until then 突然说话〔尤指之前一直很安静〕 Mum suddenly piped up ‘No!’ 妈妈突然说：“不行！”→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
pipe• Place a little icing in a piping bag with a star nozzle and pipe a decorative border around each foil mirror.• No Jacuzzi, no sauna, no music piped in.• Then pipe inside the outlines to fill.• I awoke to hundreds of birds piping their morning song.• The answer-it is such an obvious question-is shouted forth on piping wings of derision.be piped into/from/out of etc something• Hal, with his pipe sticking out of his jacket pocket.Origin pipe1 Old English pipa, from Vulgar Latin, from Latin pipare “to make a high sound”pipe1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1pipe2 verb →n GRAMMAR1LDOCE OnlineChinese
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pipe1 S2 W3 /paɪp/ 
noun [countable]
1. TUBE a tube through which a liquid or gas flows:
a water pipe
a frozen waste pipe
copper pipes
A pipe had burst in the kitchen and flooded the floor. ⇨ drainpipe, windpipe, ⇨ exhaust pipe at exhaust2(2)
2.
FOR SMOKING .a thing used for smoking tobacco, consisting of a small tube with a container shaped like a bowl at one end:
Dad was there, smoking his pipe.
pipe tobacco
3. MUSIC
a. a simple musical instrument like a tube, that you play by blowing ⇨ panpipes
b. one of the metal tubes that air passes through when you play an organ
c. the pipes bagpipes
4. pipe dream a hope, idea, plan etc that is impossible or will probably never happen:
In many parts of the country, democratic elections are simply a pipe dream.
5. put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it spoken used to say that someone must accept what you have just said, even though they do not like it
■ NOUN + pipe
▪a water pipe Be careful to avoid piercing any water pipes or electricity cables.
▪a gas pipe
▪a waste pipe What’s the best way to clear a blocked waste pipe?
▪a sewer/sewage pipe (=for removing waste from the human body)
■ verbs
▪lay a pipe They were digging a trench to lay water pipes.
▪block a pipe It is likely that fat or grease is blocking the waste pipe.
▪a pipe leaks He complained that a water pipe was leaking in his hotel room.
▪a pipe freezes That winter was so cold that the pipes froze and we had no water.
▪a pipe bursts A burst pipe can cause major structural damage quite quickly.
pipe2 verb
1. SEND LIQUID/GAS [transitive usually passive] to send a liquid or gas through a pipe to another place
pipe something into/from/out of etc something
Eighty per cent of sewage is piped directly into the sea.
pipe something in/out/up etc
A lot of oil is piped in from Alaska.
villages with no piped water
2. MAKE MUSIC [intransitive and transitive] to make a musical sound, using a pipe
3. FOOD [transitive] to decorate food, especially a cake, with lines of icing or cream
4. SPEAK [transitive] literary to speak or sing something in a high voice:
‘Morning!’ he piped with a cheery voice.
pipe down phrasal verb spoken
to stop talking or making a noise, and become calmer and less excited:
Everybody pipe down. There’s no need to shout.
pipe something ↔ in (also pipe something into something) phrasal verb
to send radio signals or recorded music into a room or building:
tunes piped in over an acoustic system
pipe up phrasal verb informal
to suddenly say something, especially when you have been quiet until then:
Mum suddenly piped up ‘No!’
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noun [countable] Language: Old English
Origin: pipa, from Vulgar Latin, from Latin pipare 'to make a high sound'
Origin: pipa, from Vulgar Latin, from Latin pipare 'to make a high sound'
1. TUBE a tube through which a liquid or gas flows:
2.
FOR SMOKING .a thing used for smoking tobacco, consisting of a small tube with a container shaped like a bowl at one end:
3. MUSIC
a. a simple musical instrument like a tube, that you play by blowing ⇨ panpipes
b. one of the metal tubes that air passes through when you play an organ
c. the pipes bagpipes
4. pipe dream a hope, idea, plan etc that is impossible or will probably never happen:
5. put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it spoken used to say that someone must accept what you have just said, even though they do not like it
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verb1. SEND LIQUID/GAS [transitive usually passive] to send a liquid or gas through a pipe to another place
pipe something into/from/out of etc something
pipe something in/out/up etc
2. MAKE MUSIC [intransitive and transitive] to make a musical sound, using a pipe
3. FOOD [transitive] to decorate food, especially a cake, with lines of icing or cream
4. SPEAK [transitive] literary to speak or sing something in a high voice:
pipe down phrasal verb spoken
to stop talking or making a noise, and become calmer and less excited:
pipe something ↔ in (also pipe something into something) phrasal verb
to send radio signals or recorded music into a room or building:
pipe up phrasal verb informal
to suddenly say something, especially when you have been quiet until then:
Houses 房屋
refurbish/renovate/ ( BrE do up a building/a house整修／翻新／修缮楼房／房屋 convert a building/house/room into homes/offices/( apartments/especially
NAmE ( flatsBrE 把楼房／房子／房间／改建成住房／办公室／公寓 extend/enlarge a house/building/room/kitchen扩建／扩大房屋／楼房／房间／厨房 build ( an extension (to the back/rear of a house)/BrE ( an addition (on/to sth)/NAmE ( a conservatoryBrE （在房子后面）扩建；（在某处）增建；建造暖房 knock down/demolish a house/home/building/wall推倒／拆除房子／住房／楼房／墙壁 knock out/through the wall separating two rooms将两个房间的隔墙打通
Decoration 装饰
furnish/paint/ ( especially
BrE decorate a home/a house/an apartment/a flat/a room布置／油漆／装饰住房／房子／公寓／房间 be decorated in bright colours/( colors/in a traditional style/with flowers/with paintingsespecially
用明亮的色彩／传统风格／花朵／绘画装饰 paint/plaster the walls/ceiling给墙壁／天花板上刷油漆／抹灰 hang/put up/strip off/remove the wallpaper贴／去除墙纸 install/replace/remove the bathroom fixtures/( fittingsBrE 安装／更换／拆除浴室的固定装置／附加设备 build/put up shelves搭架子 lay wooden flooring/timber decking/floor tiles/a carpet/a patio铺设木地板／平台木板／地砖／地毯／露台 put up/hang/take down a picture/painting/poster/curtain挂上／取下图画／绘画／海报／帘子
DIY/home improvement 自己动手；房屋改造
do ( DIY/carpentry/the plumbing/the wiringBrE 自己动手做；做木匠活；铺设管道；铺设线路 make home improvements改造房屋 add/install central heating/underfloor heating/insulation添加／安装中央供暖系统／地暖系统／隔热材料 fit/install double-glazing/a smoke alarm安装双层玻璃／烟雾报警器 insulate your house/your home/the walls/the pipes/the tanks/( the loftespecially
BrE 在房子／住房／墙壁／管道／热水箱／阁楼里加隔热装置 fix/repair a roof/a leak/a pipe/the plumbing/a leaking( tap/especially
BrE ( faucetNAmE usually
维修房顶／裂缝／管子／管道系统／漏水的水龙头 block/clog (up)/unblock/unclog a pipe/sink堵住／疏通管道／洗涤池 make/drill/fill a hole开／钻／填一个洞 hammer (in)/pull out/remove a nail锤进／拔出钉子 tighten/untighten/loosen/remove a screw拧紧／拧松／拧开螺丝钉 saw/cut/treat/stain/varnish/paint wood锯／切割／加工木料；给木料上色／上清漆／上油漆
