Piping

(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'.

校对:劳伦斯

• That's odd, said Mr. Limp, a meditative shoemaker, with weak eyes and a piping voice. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• 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. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• He thrust his hand into the boot and withdrew one of poor Thomasin's precious guineas, piping hot. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The conductors having been drawn in, a preparation of asphaltum and linseed oil was forced into the piping to serve as insulation. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The eighth book deals with water and with hydraulic engineering , hot springs, mineral waters, leveling instruments, construction of aqueducts, lead and clay piping. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• 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. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• In old times the woods and solitudes were made joyous to the shepherd by the imaginary piping and dancing of Pan and the nymphs. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Among these, two made themselves prominent by their peculiarity: one was a very strong bass, the other a wheezy thin piping. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The round eyes, eager gaze, the piping voice which enunciated the words, had operated like stilettos on his brain. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Ribbons, and silks, and flowers, and pipings; quite unlike the real shepherds and shepherdesses of Melnos, but deliciously delicate for all that. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.

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