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a tube through which liquids and gases can flow 管子;管道 Both hot and cold water pipes should be properly insulated. 熱水管和冷水管都應該適當保溫。 steel/copper pipes 鋼管/銅管 a burst pipe 爆裂的管子 The house was blown apart by an explosion, caused by a leaking gas pipe. 房子被煤氣管道洩漏引起的爆炸炸得四分五裂。 PVC pipe is commonly used in building and construction. PVC管是建築施工中常用的管材。 a drainage/sewage pipe 排水管/污水管 Insulation may reduce the danger of pipes bursting in winter. 隔熱可以降低冬天管道爆裂的危險。
Collocations Decorating and home improvementsee also drainpipe, exhaust, soil pipe, waste pipe, water pipe, windpipeDecorating and home improvement 裝飾和改善房屋 Houses 房屋 - refurbish/renovate/ (British English) do up a building/a house
整修/翻新/修繕樓房/房屋 - convert a building/house/room into homes/offices/(especially North American English) apartments/(British English) flats
把樓房/房子/房間/改建成住房/辦公室/公寓 - extend/enlarge a house/building/room/kitchen
擴建/擴大房屋/樓房/房間/廚房 - build (British English) an extension (to the back/rear of a house)/(North American English) an addition (on/to something)/(British English) a conservatory
(在房子後面)擴建;(在某處)增建;建造暖房 - knock down/demolish a house/home/building/wall
推倒/拆除房子/住房/樓房/牆壁 - knock out/through the wall separating two rooms
將兩個房間的隔牆打通
Decoration 裝飾 - furnish/paint/ (especially British English) decorate a home/a house/an apartment/a flat/a room
布置/油漆/裝飾住房/房子/公寓/房間 - be decorated in bright colours/in a traditional style/with flowers/with paintings
- paint/plaster the walls/ceiling
給牆壁/天花板上刷油漆/抹灰 - hang/put up/strip off/remove the wallpaper
貼/去除牆紙 - install/replace/remove the bathroom fixtures/(British English) fittings
安裝/更換/拆除浴室的固定裝置/附加設備 - build/put up shelves
搭架子 - lay wooden flooring/timber decking/floor tiles/a carpet/a patio
鋪設木地板/平台木板/地磚/地毯/露台 - put up/hang/take down a picture/painting/poster/curtain
挂上/取下圖畫/繪畫/海報/簾子
DIY/home improvement 自己動手;房屋改造 - do (British English) DIY/carpentry/the plumbing/the wiring
自己動手做;做木匠活;鋪設管道;鋪設線路 - make home improvements
改造房屋 - add/install central heating/underfloor heating/insulation
添加/安裝中央供暖系統/地暖系統/隔熱材料 - fit/install double-glazing/a smoke alarm
安裝雙層玻璃/煙霧報警器 - insulate your house/your home/the walls/the pipes/the tanks/(especially British English) the loft
在房子/住房/牆壁/管道/熱水箱/閣樓裏加隔熱裝置 - fix/repair a roof/a leak/a pipe/the plumbing/a leaking (especially British English) tap/(North American English usually) faucet
維修房頂/裂縫/管子/管道系統/漏水的水龍頭 - block/clog (up)/unblock/unclog a pipe/sink
堵住/疏通管道/洗滌池 - make/drill/fill a hole
開/鑽/填一個洞 - hammer (in)/pull out/remove a nail
錘進/拔出釘子 - tighten/untighten/loosen/remove a screw
擰緊/擰鬆/擰開螺絲釘 - saw/cut/treat/stain/varnish/paint wood
鋸/切割/加工木料;給木料上色/上清漆/上油漆
Extra ExamplesHe laid the pipes under the floorboards. 他把管子鋪在地板下。 Insulating your pipes will save on your heating bills. 給管道加上絕熱層可以節省取暖費用。 The pipe from the boiler to the bath. 從熱水器通到浴室的管子 The pipes lead into the river. 管子通進河裏。 The pipes will have to pass through the wall. 管子將不得不穿過牆壁。 the pipe for the hot water 熱水管 to join two lengths of pipe together 將兩段管子連接在一起 All the old lead pipes were replaced with plastic and copper. 所有的老鉛管都用塑料管和銅管取代了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- underground
- gas
- sewage
- …
- length
- install
- lay
- run
- …
- lead
- pass through something
- run
- …
- through a/the pipe
- pipe for
- pipe from
- …
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a narrow tube with a bowl at one end, used for smoking tobacco 煙鬥;煙袋 to smoke a pipe 抽煙鬥 He puffed on his pipe. 他吸着煙鬥。 pipe tobacco 煙鬥絲 He knocked out his pipe in the big glass ashtray. 他在大玻璃煙灰缸裏磕淨煙鬥。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clay
- peace
- crack
- …
- smoke
- light
- fill
- …
- smoker
- smoke
- tobacco
- …
- the bowl of a pipe
- the stem of a pipe
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a musical instrument in the shape of a tube, played by blowing see also pan pipes, pitch pipeTopics Musicb2管樂器 - [countable]
any of the tubes from which sound is produced in an organ (管風琴的)音管 - pipes(also bagpipes [plural], North American English also bagpipe [singular])
a musical instrument played especially in Scotland. The player blows air into a bag held under the arm and then slowly forces the air out through pipes to produce a noise. 管樂器 CultureSimilar instruments are played in many countries, including Ireland, but in Britain the bagpipes are mainly associated with Scotland. The sound they make is unusual, but their music is suitable both for dancing and for serious occasions such as funerals. A person who plays the bagpipes is called a piper.
Word OriginOld English pīpe ‘musical tube’, pīpian ‘play a pipe’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pijp and German Pfeife, based on Latin pipare ‘to peep, chirp’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French piper ‘to chirp, squeak’.