water pipe

IPA/ˈwɔːtə paɪp/
IPA/ˈwɔːtər paɪp/

water pipe — 名詞

1. a long tube, usually under the ground or inside a wall, that moves water from on

1.名詞B1
釋義

水管

輸送清水的長管，多埋在地下或牆內

a long tube, usually under the ground or inside a wall, that moves water from one place to another.

例句

A water pipe burst under the kitchen floor and soaked the whole room.

廚房地板下的一根水管爆裂，把整個房間都泡濕了。

subject of 'burst' — common plumbing failure

Workers dug a deep trench to lay new water pipes along the street.

工人挖了一條深溝，沿著街道鋪設新的水管。

collocation: lay water pipes

同義詞
  • water main

    a large main pipe supplying a whole area, not just one building

  • plumbing

    the whole system of pipes, not a single pipe

用法筆記

Usually part of a building's or city's plumbing system. Distinguish from sense 2 (a smoking device): this sense is about carrying clean water, never about smoke.

2. a device for smoking tobacco or other substances, in which the smoke is pulled d

2.名詞B2
釋義

水煙管

讓煙經過水冷卻後再吸入的吸食器具

a device for smoking tobacco or other substances, in which the smoke is pulled down through a bowl of water so that it becomes cooler before you breathe it in.

例句

At the cafe in Cairo, customers shared a tall water pipe after dinner.

在開羅那家咖啡館，客人們在晚餐後一起抽一支高高的水煙管。

context: shared social smoking (hookah)

Takeshi watched the smoke bubble through the water pipe before it reached the mouthpiece.

Takeshi 看著煙在水煙管裡冒泡，然後才到達吸嘴。

describes how the device works

同義詞
  • hookah

    the usual word for a Middle-Eastern water pipe for flavoured tobacco

  • bong

    informal; a water pipe most often linked with smoking marijuana

用法筆記

Often called a hookah or shisha when used for flavoured tobacco. Distinguish from sense 1: this device holds water to cool smoke, not to deliver clean water through plumbing.