pipe
/paɪp/ (bre, ipa) · /paɪp/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈpīp/ (ame, mw)
pipe — 名詞
1. a hard hollow line used to move water, gas, oil, or waste through a building or
管子
讓水或氣流過的中空管
a hard hollow line used to move water, gas, oil, or waste through a building or another system
Water from the sink ran through a cracked pipe under the floor.
水槽裡的水流過地板下那根裂開的管子。
water runs through a pipe
A worker checked the gas pipe behind the restaurant wall.
一名工人檢查餐廳牆後面的瓦斯管。
collocation: gas pipe
In winter, the kitchen pipe froze and burst overnight.
冬天時，廚房的管子結冰，半夜就爆了。
Brown water leaked from a pipe near the school gate.
學校大門旁的一根管子漏出了褐色的水。
The farm uses plastic pipes to carry water to each field.
那座農場用塑膠管把水送到每一塊田。
文法句型
water flows through a pipe
a pipe carries gas to + place
a pipe bursts
用法筆記
Often used for systems that move water, gas, oil, or waste. Common verbs are flow through, run through, leak from, and burst.
常見錯誤
2. a tool for smoking tobacco, with a cup-shaped part that holds it and a stem you
煙斗
裝菸草吸食的器具
a tool for smoking tobacco, with a cup-shaped part that holds it and a stem you place between your lips
Grandpa cleaned his pipe beside the window after dinner.
爺爺晚餐後在窗邊清理他的煙斗。
clean or smoke a pipe
The old sailor kept tobacco in a tin for his pipe.
那位老水手把菸草放在鐵盒裡，準備裝進煙斗。
fill a pipe with tobacco
A carved wooden pipe lay on the shelf above the fire.
一支雕花木煙斗放在火爐上方的架子上。
At the museum, visitors saw a clay pipe from 1890.
在博物館裡，參觀者看見一支 1890 年的陶煙斗。
- smoking pipe
a fuller phrase that makes the meaning completely clear
- briar
a more specific word for one kind of pipe made from briar wood
文法句型
smoke a pipe
fill a pipe with tobacco
light a pipe
用法筆記
This sense names the object used for smoking tobacco, not a long hollow tube in general. Commonly appears with smoke, light, clean, and fill.
常見錯誤
3. a simple wind instrument that makes music when you blow into it
笛子
靠吹氣發聲的簡單管樂器
a simple wind instrument that makes music when you blow into it
The shepherd played a pipe while the sheep crossed the hill.
牧羊人在羊群走過山坡時吹著笛子。
play a pipe
A child blew a small pipe in the school play.
一個孩子在學校戲劇裡吹著一支小笛子。
blow a pipe
Soft music came from a bamboo pipe near the river.
河邊有一支竹笛傳出輕柔的音樂。
At the market, an old man sold bamboo pipes for village songs.
在市場裡，一位老人賣著吹鄉村歌曲用的竹笛。
文法句型
play a pipe
blow into a pipe
用法筆記
A literary or traditional music sense. Distinguish it from noun 4, which refers specifically to bagpipes, and noun 5, which names a single sound tube inside an organ.
4. a wind instrument with a bag that pushes air through several tubes, often linked
風笛
尤指蘇格蘭式的袋狀吹奏樂器
a wind instrument with a bag that pushes air through several tubes, often linked with Scotland
The player tuned his pipe before the parade in Edinburgh.
那位演奏者在愛丁堡遊行前替風笛調音。
Scottish bagpipe sense
A pipe sounded across the square as the parade reached the castle.
遊行隊伍抵達城堡時，廣場上響起了風笛聲。
bagpipe heard in a parade
The museum displayed a pipe beside photos of Highland bands.
博物館把一具風笛陳列在高地樂隊的照片旁。
The piper lifted his pipe and led the guests into church.
那位風笛手舉起風笛，帶著賓客走進教堂。
文法句型
play the pipe
tune a pipe
用法筆記
This sense is uncommon and usually appears in traditional or Scottish contexts. Distinguish it from noun 3, a simple wind instrument, and from the plural expression pipes meaning bagpipes more generally.
5. one of the hollow parts in an organ that air passes through to make a note
風琴管
管風琴內發聲的管子
one of the hollow parts in an organ that air passes through to make a note
Dust covered several organ pipes above the church door.
教堂門上方的幾根管風琴管布滿灰塵。
collocation: organ pipe
One pipe gave a weak note during Sunday practice.
星期天排練時，有一根風琴管發出了微弱的音。
a pipe gives a note
The repairer replaced a bent pipe inside the church organ.
修理員更換了教堂管風琴裡一根彎掉的風琴管。
From below, Eva counted the silver pipes over the stage.
從下面看，Eva 數著舞台上方那些銀色的管風琴管。
- organ pipe
the full phrase used in everyday explanation
- tube
possible in technical description, but less natural for this instrument part
文法句型
an organ pipe sounds
replace a pipe
用法筆記
Used for the separate tubes inside a pipe organ. The subject is often an organ, a church, or a repair worker rather than a person playing a tune directly.
6. the straight vertical sign | used on a keyboard or screen
豎線
鍵盤上的 | 符號
the straight vertical sign | used on a keyboard or screen
Press Shift and the pipe key to type that symbol.
按 Shift 和豎線鍵，就能打出那個符號。
type the | symbol
The password needs one pipe between the two numbers.
這組密碼需要在兩個數字之間放一個豎線。
put a pipe between items
Ben used a pipe to separate the command options.
Ben 用一個豎線把指令選項隔開。
On this keyboard, the pipe is above the Enter key.
在這個鍵盤上，豎線在 Enter 鍵上方。
- vertical bar
the more formal technical name
- bar
shorter, but less exact because bar can mean many different marks
文法句型
type a pipe
put a pipe between + items
用法筆記
Common in computing and typing. Distinguish it from slash and backslash, which lean diagonally instead of standing straight up and down.
常見錯誤
7. either of the side posts of an ice hockey goal
門柱
冰球球門兩側的柱子
either of the side posts of an ice hockey goal
The puck struck the pipe and bounced back out.
冰球打中門柱後彈了出去。
hit the pipe in hockey
Fans groaned when Liam hit the pipe in overtime.
Liam 在延長賽打中門柱時，球迷都哀號了。
The goalie heard the pipe ring behind his glove.
守門員聽見門柱在手套後方發出響聲。
A hard shot flew off the left pipe.
一記重射打到左邊門柱後彈開了。
文法句型
hit the pipe
the puck strikes the pipe
用法筆記
Used in ice hockey only. Distinguish it from a soccer or hockey goalpost in general speech, because this sense refers specifically to the side posts of the net.
pipe — 動詞
1. to say or sing something in a very high, thin voice
尖聲說；唱
用又高又細的聲音說或唱
to say or sing something in a very high, thin voice
"Stop!" Ella piped from the back of the bus.
「停下來！」Ella 從公車後面尖聲喊道。
pipe + quoted words
The smallest singer piped a solo at the end.
那位最小的歌手在最後用尖細的聲音唱了一段獨唱。
pipe + song or note
From upstairs, Max piped that dinner was ready.
Max 從樓上尖著嗓子喊晚餐好了。
"Happy birthday!" the children piped around the cake.
孩子們圍著蛋糕，用尖細的聲音唱著「生日快樂！」。
文法句型
pipe + quoted words
pipe + that-clause
pipe a song
用法筆記
Object is usually a short message, a greeting, or a song. The verb suggests a voice that is high and often childlike.
常見錯誤
2. to send water, gas, or another substance somewhere by moving it through a system
輸送
用管線送往別處
to send water, gas, or another substance somewhere by moving it through a system of pipes
Fresh water is piped into the village from the hills.
新鮮的水從山上經由管線輸送進村裡。
passive: be piped into + place
The factory pipes steam under the street to nearby buildings.
那間工廠把蒸氣透過地下管線輸送到附近的建築物。
pipe + substance + to + place
Gas was piped across the field to the new house.
瓦斯經由管線穿過田地，送到那棟新房子。
At night, milk is piped straight into the cooling tank.
到了晚上，牛奶會直接經由管線輸送進冷卻槽。
The city piped clean water to every home last year.
那座城市去年把乾淨的水用管線送到每一戶人家。
文法句型
pipe water into + place
pipe gas to + place
be piped from + place
用法筆記
Often used in the passive because the flow or destination matters more than the agent. The object is usually a liquid or gas rather than a solid everyday object.
常見錯誤
3. to press soft food such as cream or icing through a bag so that it forms lines,
擠花
把奶油或糖霜擠成花樣
to press soft food such as cream or icing through a bag so that it forms lines, shapes, or letters on top of something
Nora piped pink cream around the edge of the cake.
Nora 在蛋糕邊緣擠上一圈粉紅色鮮奶油花。
pipe cream around the edge
The baker piped stars onto each birthday cupcake.
那位麵包師在每個生日杯子蛋糕上擠出星星。
pipe shapes onto cakes
After cooling the cookies, Sam piped white icing over them.
等餅乾放涼後，Sam 在上面擠了白色糖霜。
In class, the students piped cream roses on sponge cakes.
課堂上，學生們在海綿蛋糕上擠出奶油玫瑰。
Mia piped chocolate letters across the top of the pie.
Mia 在派的上方擠上巧克力字樣。
文法句型
pipe cream onto + cake
pipe icing around + edge
pipe letters on + dessert
用法筆記
Object is usually icing, cream, chocolate, or another soft mixture. Distinguish it from verb 2, which sends substances through real pipes as part of a transport system.