pipe

noun

/paɪp/

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[countable, uncountable] a tube through which liquids and gases can flow管子；管道
- Both hot and cold water pipes should be properly insulated.热水管和冷水管均应适当隔热。
- steel/copper pipes钢管；铜管
- a burst pipe爆裂的管子
- The house was blown apart by an explosion, caused by a leaking gas pipe.煤气管泄漏引发爆炸，房屋被炸毁。
- PVC pipe is commonly used in building and construction.聚氯乙烯管广泛应用于建筑和施工中。
- a drainage/sewage pipe排水/污水管
- Insulation may reduce the danger of pipes bursting in winter.保温可以减少冬季管道爆裂的危险。
Collocations Decorating and home improvement
Decorating and home improvementHouses
- refurbish/renovate/ (British English) do up a building/a house
- convert a building/house/room into homes/offices/(especially North American English) apartments/(British English) flats
- extend/enlarge a house/building/room/kitchen
- build (British English) an extension (to the back/rear of a house)/(North American English) an addition (on/to something)/(British English) a conservatory
- knock down/demolish a house/home/building/wall
- knock out/through the wall separating two rooms
Decoration
- furnish/paint/ (especially British English) decorate a home/a house/an apartment/a flat/a room
- be decorated in bright colours/in a traditional style/with flowers/with paintings
- paint/plaster the walls/ceiling
- hang/put up/strip off/remove the wallpaper
- install/replace/remove the bathroom fixtures/(British English) fittings
- build/put up shelves
- lay wooden flooring/timber decking/floor tiles/a carpet/a patio
- put up/hang/take down a picture/painting/poster/curtain
DIY/home improvement
- do (British English) DIY/carpentry/the plumbing/the wiring
- make home improvements
- add/install central heating/underfloor heating/insulation
- fit/install double-glazing/a smoke alarm
- insulate your house/your home/the walls/the pipes/the tanks/(especially British English) the loft
- fix/repair a roof/a leak/a pipe/the plumbing/a leaking (especially British English) tap/(North American English usually) faucet
- block/clog (up)/unblock/unclog a pipe/sink
- make/drill/fill a hole
- hammer (in)/pull out/remove a nail
- tighten/untighten/loosen/remove a screw
- saw/cut/treat/stain/varnish/paint wood
see also drainpipe, exhaust, soil pipe, waste pipe, water pipe, windpipe
Extra Examples
- He laid the pipes under the floorboards.他把管子铺在地板下。
- Insulating your pipes will save on your heating bills.给管道加上绝热层可以节省取暖费用。
- The pipe from the boiler to the bath.从热水器通到浴室的管子
- The pipes lead into the river.管子通进河里。
- The pipes will have to pass through the wall.管子将不得不穿过墙壁。
- the pipe for the hot water热水管
- to join two lengths of pipe together将两段管子连接在一起
- All the old lead pipes were replaced with plastic and copper.所有的老铅管都用塑料管和铜管取代了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- underground
- gas
- sewage
- …
… of pipe
- length
verb + pipe
- install
- lay
- run
- …
pipe + verb
- lead
- pass through something
- run
- …
preposition
- through a/the pipe
- pipe for
- pipe from
- …
[countable] a narrow tube with a bowl at one end, used for smoking tobacco烟斗；烟袋
- to smoke a pipe抽烟斗
- He puffed on his pipe.他吸着烟斗。
- pipe tobacco烟斗丝
- He knocked out his pipe in the big glass ashtray.他在大玻璃烟灰缸里磕净烟斗。
see also peace pipe
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- clay
- peace
- crack
- …
verb + pipe
- smoke
- light
- fill
- …
pipe + noun
- smoker
- smoke
- tobacco
- …
phrases
- the bowl of a pipe
- the stem of a pipe
[countable] a musical instrument in the shape of a tube, played by blowing管乐器 see also pan pipes, pitch pipeTopics Musicb2
[countable] any of the tubes from which sound is produced in an organ（管风琴的）音管
pipes

(also bagpipes [plural], North American English also bagpipe [singular])
a musical instrument played especially in Scotland. The player blows air into a bag held under the arm and then slowly forces the air out through pipes to produce a noise.风笛
CultureSimilar instruments are played in many countries, including Ireland, but in Britain the bagpipes are mainly associated with Scotland. The sound they make is unusual, but their music is suitable both for dancing and for serious occasions such as funerals. A person who plays the bagpipes is called a piper.

Word OriginOld English pīpe ‘musical tube’, pīpian ‘play a pipe’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pijp and German Pfeife, based on Latin pipare ‘to peep, chirp’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French piper ‘to chirp, squeak’.

pipe

verb

/paɪp/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they pipe	/paɪp/ /paɪp/
he / she / it pipes	/paɪps/ /paɪps/
past simple piped	/paɪpt/ /paɪpt/
past participle piped	/paɪpt/ /paɪpt/
-ing form piping	/ˈpaɪpɪŋ/ /ˈpaɪpɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

[transitive] pipe something (+ adv./prep.) to send water, gas, oil, etc. through a pipe from one place to another用管道输送
- to pipe oil across the desert用管子把石油输送过沙漠
- Water is piped from the reservoir to the city.水用管子从水库输送到城市。
[transitive] pipe something (+ adv./prep.) [usually passive] to send sounds or signals through a wire or cable from one place to another用线路系统传输（或传送）
- The speech was piped over a public address system.讲话经广播系统传送出去。
[transitive, intransitive] pipe (somebody) to play music on a pipe or the bagpipes, especially to welcome somebody who has arrived用管乐器演奏（尤指迎宾曲）
- Passengers were piped aboard ship at the start of the cruise.游客在管乐迎宾曲中登船，开启游轮之旅。
- a prize for piping and drumming笛鼓演奏奖
[intransitive, transitive] (+ speech) to speak or sing in a high voice or with a high sound尖声地说（或唱）；尖声啼鸣
- Outside a robin piped.外面有一只知更鸟在啼鸣。
[transitive] pipe something (on something) to decorate food, especially a cake, with thin lines of icing, etc. by forcing it out of a special bag or tube裱花（用裱花袋把糖霜等裱在糕点上）
- The cake had ‘Happy Birthday’ piped on it.蛋糕上裱了“生日快乐”的字样。