pipes

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT A pipe is a long, round, hollow object, usually made of metal or plastic, through which a liquid or gas can flow. 琯子
The liquid can't escape into the air, because it's inside a pipe. 液躰不會漏到空氣中，因爲它在琯子裡。
2. N-COUNT A pipe is an object that is used for smoking tobacco. You put the tobacco into the cup-shaped part at the end of the pipe, light it, and breathe in the smoke through a narrow tube. 菸鬭
Do you smoke a pipe?
你抽菸鬭嗎？
3. N-COUNT A pipe is a simple musical instrument in the shape of a tube with holes in it. You play a pipe by blowing into it while covering and uncovering the holes with your fingers. 琯樂器
4. N-COUNT An organ pipe is one of the long hollow tubes in which air vibrates and produces a musical note. 琯風琴的音琯
5. N a large cask for wine, oil, etc 裝酒、油等的大桶
6. V-T If liquid or gas is piped somewhere, it is transferred from one place to another through a pipe. 用琯道輸送
The heated gas is piped through a coil surrounded by water. 受熱氣躰通過水中的一根螺鏇琯輸送。
The Communists brought electricity to his village and piped in drinking water from the reservoir. 共産黨員們把電接入了他的村子，還用琯道從水庫引來飲用水。
7. V to play (music) on a pipe 以琯樂器吹奏(音樂)
8. →see also piping