ldoce_261_bpipe1 /paɪp/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [countableC]2
for smoking 用於抽煙DFT a thing used for smoking tobacco, consisting of a small tube with a container shaped like a bowl at one end 煙鬥Dad was there, smoking his pipe. 爸爸在那裏吸着煙鬥。
4 pipe dream PROBABLYa hope, idea, plan etc that is impossible or will probably never happen 白日夢,幻想,空想In many parts of the country, democratic elections are simply a pipe dream. 在那個國家的很多地區,民主選舉只是一個幻想。
pipe dream• The November 1992 unveiling quickly became a pipe dream, and the museum now plans to finish the new wing incrementally.• Making it all the way to the NFL is a pipe dream for most athletes.• How are you going to ensure that Care in the Community is not just a pipe dream?• Yet collective, national education re-form seems mostly a pipe dream.• For now, it is only a pipe dream.• Of course, it's a pipe dream.• What a pipe dream, we thought, as many children were getting no education at all.• It was ready because the artfully crafted pipe dream of the land traffickers was beginning to sour.• This is not some pipe dream. 5. put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it spokenACCEPT used to say that someone must accept what you have just said, even though they do not like it 不管喜歡不喜歡,你都得接受我所說的 n COLLOCATIONSNOUN + pipea water pipeBe careful to avoid piercing any water pipes or electricity cables.
a gas pipe
a waste pipeWhat’s the best way to clear a blocked waste pipe?
a sewer/sewage pipe (=for removing waste from the human body)
verbslay a pipeThey were digging a trench to lay water pipes.
block a pipeIt is likely that fat or grease is blocking the waste pipe.
a pipe leaksHe complained that a water pipe was leaking in his hotel room.
a pipe freezesThat winter was so cold that the pipes froze and we had no water.
a pipe burstsA burst pipe can cause major structural damage quite quickly.