pipette
pipette — noun
- pipettesingular
- pipettesplural
1. a thin glass or plastic tube used to suck up a small amount of liquid and then l
a thin glass or plastic tube used to suck up a small amount of liquid and then let it out again, especially in science or medical work
Tanvi used a pipette to move three drops of dye into the dish.
use a pipette to transfer small drops
The lab assistant squeezed the pipette bulb before lowering the tip into the sample.
pipette bulb and tip — common lab parts
Mira cleaned the pipette after measuring the medicine for the baby bird.
A single cracked pipette can spoil the results of a careful school experiment.
The teacher showed Reuben how to release the liquid slowly from the pipette.
- dropper
the everyday word for a simple tube that releases drops, usually with less focus on exact measurement
- eyedropper
a more specific dropper used for eye medicine or similar liquids, not a general lab tool
- syringe
moves liquid with a plunger and often a needle, so it is a different device
文法句型
a pipette
the pipette
with a pipette
use a pipette to + verb
用法筆記
Often used with verbs like use, fill, squeeze, and transfer. In lab English, pipette can refer either to a simple dropper-style tube or to a more exact measuring tube, so the context often shows how precise the tool is.