hosepipe
/ˈhəʊzpaɪp/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhəʊzpaɪp/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhōz-ˌpīp/ (ame, mw)
hosepipe — noun
- hosepipesingular
- hosepipesplural
1. a long flexible rubber or plastic tube, used to carry water for watering gardens
1.名詞B1
釋義
a long flexible rubber or plastic tube, used to carry water for watering gardens, washing vehicles, or putting out fires
例句
Every morning, Ana uses a green hosepipe to water the roses in her front garden.
collocation: use a hosepipe
Samir connected the hosepipe to the outdoor tap and washed his blue car.
collocation: connect a hosepipe
During the summer heatwave, firefighters used a long hosepipe to reach the house fire.
The children left the hosepipe running, and the path was soon covered in water.
Ibrahim was watering the vegetable patch when the hosepipe suddenly burst.
同義詞
- hose
shorter, more common term; 'hosepipe' is mainly British
- watering hose
explicitly for garden use