Piping
['paɪpɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) playing a pipe or the bagpipes.
(noun.) a thin strip of covered cord used to edge hems.
(adv.) (used of heat) extremely; 'the casserole was piping hot'.
校對:劳伦斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pipe
(v.) Playing on a musical pipe.
(v.) Peaceful; favorable to, or characterized by, the music of the pipe rather than of the drum and fife.
(v.) Emitting a high, shrill sound.
(v.) Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound of boiling fluids.
(n.) A small cord covered with cloth, -- used as trimming for women's dresses.
(n.) Pipes, collectively; as, the piping of a house.
(n.) The act of playing on a pipe; the shrill noted of birds, etc.
(n.) A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting; also, propagation by cuttings.
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同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Whining, feeble, sickly, weak.[2]. Simmering, boiling.
校對:凯尔西
解釋/意思:
adj. uttering a weak shrill piping sound like the sick: sickly: feeble: boiling.—n. act of piping: sound of pipes: a system of pipes for any purpose: small cord used as trimming for dresses &c.: a slip or cutting taken from a plant with a jointed stem.
編輯:蒂姆
例句/造句/用法:
- That's odd, said Mr. Limp, a meditative shoemaker, with weak eyes and a piping voice. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I am a poet, not a ruler; and Napoleons are made of stronger stuff than mere bards piping their idle song, and letting the world go by. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- He thrust his hand into the boot and withdrew one of poor Thomasin's precious guineas, piping hot. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- The conductors having been drawn in, a preparation of asphaltum and linseed oil was forced into the piping to serve as insulation. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The eighth book deals with water and with hydraulic engineering , hot springs, mineral waters, leveling instruments, construction of aqueducts, lead and clay piping. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Hence, iron and steel were entirely eliminated in its construction, copper being used for fixtures for steam and water piping, and, indeed, for all other purposes where metal was employed. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- In old times the woods and solitudes were made joyous to the shepherd by the imaginary piping and dancing of Pan and the nymphs. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Among these, two made themselves prominent by their peculiarity: one was a very strong bass, the other a wheezy thin piping. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- The round eyes, eager gaze, the piping voice which enunciated the words, had operated like stilettos on his brain. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Ribbons, and silks, and flowers, and pipings; quite unlike the real shepherds and shepherdesses of Melnos, but deliciously delicate for all that. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
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