1 a tube that carries gas or liquid (输送气体或液体的)管子:
Waste water is carried away down the drainpipe.废水顺着排水管流走。
2 a tube with a small bowl at one end that is used for smoking tobacco 烟斗:
to smoke a pipe吸烟斗
3 a simple musical instrument that consists of a tube with holes in it. You blow into it to play it 管乐器
pipe²
/paɪp ||; paɪp/verb
[T] to carry liquid or gas in pipes 用管子输送(液体或气体):
Water is piped to all the houses in the village.水是经管道输送到村内各幢房子的。pipe up(informal 非正式) to suddenly say sth 突然讲话:
Suddenly Shirin piped up with a question.希琳突然提出了一个问题。