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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   pipe

   • IPA[pīp]

   美式

   • n.
     a tube of metal, plastic, or other material used to convey water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances.；a cylindrical vein of ore or rock, especially one in which diamonds are found.
   • v.
     convey (water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances) through a pipe or pipes；transmit (music, a radio or television program, signals, etc.) by wire or cable

   • verb: pipe, 3rd person present: pipes, gerund or present participle: piping, past tense: piped, past participle: piped

   • noun: pipe, plural noun: pipes

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a tube of metal, plastic, or other material used to convey water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances. 同義詞 tube, conduit, hose, main, duct, ... 更多line, channel, canal, conveyor, pipeline, drain, tubing, piping, siphon, cylinder, fistula
   • ▪ a cylindrical vein of ore or rock, especially one in which diamonds are found.
   • ▪ a cavity in cast metal.
   • ▪ informal a duct, vessel, or tubular structure in the body, or in an animal or plant.
   • ▪ a connection to the internet or to a website.
   • 2. a narrow tube made from wood, clay, etc., with a bowl at one end for containing burning tobacco, the smoke from which is drawn into the mouth a smell of pipe tobacco 同義詞 tobacco pipe, briar (pipe), meerschaum, clay pipe, churchwarden, ... 更多cutty, historicaldudeen, rarecalabash, calumet, chibouk, hookah, narghile, calean, hubble-bubble, bong, chillum
   • ▪ a quantity of tobacco held by a pipe they were sharing a pipe of tobacco
   • ▪ a device for smoking illegal drugs a crack pipe
   • 3. a wind instrument consisting of a single tube with holes along its length that are covered by the fingers to produce different notes a reed pipe 同義詞 whistle, penny whistle, flute, recorder, fife, ... 更多chanter, drone, wind instrument
   • ▪ bagpipes. 同義詞 bagpipes, pan pipes, uillean pipes
   • ▪ a set of pipes joined together, as in panpipes.
   • ▪ a tube by which sound is produced in an organ.
   • ▪ informal voice or vocal ability, especially of a powerful singer.
   • ▪ a boatswain's whistle.
   • ▪ a high-pitched cry or song, especially of a bird the sad little pipe of the ringed plover
   • 4. a command which causes the output from one routine to be the input for another.
   • ▪ the symbol
   • 5. . a fresh pipe of port
   • 6. a cask for wine, especially as a measure equal to two hogsheads, usually equivalent to 105 gallons (about 477 liters)

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. convey (water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances) through a pipe or pipes water from the lakes is piped to several towns 同義詞 convey, channel, siphon, run, feed, ... 更多lead, bring
   • ▪ transmit (music, a radio or television program, signals, etc.) by wire or cable he was watching a movie piped to his room on one of the hotel's video channels 同義詞 transmit, feed, lead, patch
   • 2. play (a tune) on a pipe or pipes he believed he'd heard music—a tune being piped 同義詞 play on a pipe, play the pipes, tootle, whistle, literaryflute
   • ▪ use a boatswain's whistle to summon (the crew) to work or a meal the hands were piped to breakfast
   • 3. (of a bird) sing in a high or shrill voice outside at the back a curlew piped 同義詞 chirp, cheep, chirrup, twitter, chatter, ... 更多warble, trill, peep, sing, shrill, squeal, squeak
   • ▪ say something in a high, shrill voice “No, ma'am,” piped Lucy 同義詞 chirp, cheep, chirrup, twitter, chatter, ... 更多warble, trill, peep, sing, shrill, squeal, squeak
   • 4. decorate (clothing or soft furnishings) with a thin cord covered in fabric.
   • 5. put (a decorative line or pattern) on a cake or similar dish using icing, whipped cream, etc. she had been piping cream around a flan

   片語

   • put that in one's pipe and smoke it
   • pipe down
   • pipe up