hosepipe
/ˈhəʊzpaɪp/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhəʊzpaɪp/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhōz-ˌpīp/ (ame, mw)
hosepipe — 名詞
- hosepipesingular
- hosepipesplural
1. a long flexible rubber or plastic tube, used to carry water for watering gardens
水管
用於澆花、洗車或滅火的軟水管
a long flexible rubber or plastic tube, used to carry water for watering gardens, washing vehicles, or putting out fires
Every morning, Ana uses a green hosepipe to water the roses in her front garden.
Ana 每天早上都用一條綠色水管澆灌前院的玫瑰花。
collocation: use a hosepipe
Samir connected the hosepipe to the outdoor tap and washed his blue car.
Samir 把水管接上戶外水龍頭，然後洗了他的藍色汽車。
collocation: connect a hosepipe
During the summer heatwave, firefighters used a long hosepipe to reach the house fire.
在夏季熱浪期間，消防員用一條長水管伸到房子火災的位置。
The children left the hosepipe running, and the path was soon covered in water.
孩子們讓水管一直開著，走道很快就積滿了水。
Ibrahim was watering the vegetable patch when the hosepipe suddenly burst.
Ibrahim 正在澆菜園的時候，水管突然爆開了。
- hose
shorter, more common term; 'hosepipe' is mainly British
- watering hose
explicitly for garden use