pipeline
/ˈpaɪplaɪn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈpaɪplaɪn/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈpīp-ˌlīn/ (ame, mw)
pipeline — 名詞
1. a connected set of pipes, often buried beneath the ground, that moves oil, gas,
輸送管線
長距離運送油、氣或水的管道系統
a connected set of pipes, often buried beneath the ground, that moves oil, gas, or water across great distances from one place to another.
Engineers in Alaska are repairing a pipeline that carries oil from the wells to the coast.
Alaska 的工程師正在修理一條把油從油井送到海岸的輸送管線。
pipeline + that-clause describing what it carries
A new gas pipeline will run from Norway under the sea to ports in northern Germany.
一條新的天然氣管線將從 Norway 海底延伸到德國北部的港口。
pipeline from X to Y for source and destination
Farmers worry that the pipeline could leak and pollute the rivers near their land.
農夫擔心這條管線可能會漏，污染他們土地附近的河流。
Workers in orange jackets dug a deep trench to lay the water pipeline beside the road.
穿著橘色背心的工人挖了一條深溝，把水管線埋在路邊。
The old pipeline burst last winter and flooded several streets in the small town.
那條老舊的管線去年冬天爆裂，淹了那個小鎮的好幾條街道。
文法句型
pipeline from X to Y
pipeline carries/transports + [substance]
用法筆記
Often modified by the substance it carries (oil pipeline, gas pipeline, water pipeline). Frequently the subject of verbs of construction (build, lay, run) or failure (burst, leak, rupture).