pipe /paɪp/ CET4 TEM4 ( piping, piped, pipes )

• 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. 管子

  例：

  The liquid can't escape into the air, because it's inside a pipe.

  液体不会漏到空气中，因为它在管子里。

• 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. 烟斗

  例：

  Do you smoke a pipe?

  你抽烟斗吗？

• 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. 管乐器

• 4. 

  N-COUNT An organ pipe is one of the long hollow tubes in which air vibrates and produces a musical note. 管风琴的音管

• 5. 

  N a large cask for wine, oil, etc 装酒、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. 用管道输送

  例：

  The heated gas is piped through a coil surrounded by water.

  受热气体通过水中的一根螺旋管输送。

  例：

  The Communists brought electricity to his village and piped in drinking water from the reservoir.

  共产党员们把电接入了他的村子，还用管道从水库引来饮用水。

• 7. 

  V to play (music) on a pipe 以管乐器吹奏(音乐)

• 8. 

  → see also piping