pipe 1 S2 W3 / paɪp / 名词 [可数名词]

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 exhaust 2 ( 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

COLLOCATIONS

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 )

动词

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.