pipeline
pipeline — 名詞
- pipelinesingular
- pipelinesplural
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。
common collocation: pipeline + leak / pollute
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。
collocation: lay a pipeline
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。
- oil pipeline
- gas pipeline
- water pipeline
- lay a pipeline
- burst pipeline
- underground pipeline
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).
常見錯誤
in the pipeline
idiombeing prepared, planned, or worked on now, with the goal of being finished or made available soon.
正在籌劃中；即將推出
The studio said three more action movies are in the pipeline for next year.
Sarah told the team that a salary review is already in the pipeline.
同根字
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- oil pipeline
- gas pipeline
- water pipeline
- pipeline project
- pipeline route
常用片語
- lay a pipeline
- build a pipeline
- burst pipeline
- leak in the pipeline
介系詞搭配
- pipeline from
- pipeline to
- pipeline through
- in the pipeline