pipe up

英 [paɪp ʌp]

美 [paɪp ʌp]

尖声唱；吹奏乐曲; 开始（大声）讲话

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB （在沉默了一阵之后）开始说话，开始讲话（尤指说出令人吃惊或奇怪的事情）
  If someone who has been silent for a whilepipes up, they say something, especially something surprising or strange.
  1. 'That's right, mister,' another child piped up...
     “没错，先生，”另一个孩子突然说道。
  2. At which point I piped up and asked whether it might be at all possible to have some positive input.
     在此我插了一句询问这事儿是否会产生一些积极的投入。

英英释义

verb

• utter a shrill cry
  Synonym:shriekshrillpipe
• begin to play or sing

双语例句

• Some had welded together what appeared to be a massive blow torch, consisting of pipe hooked up to a propane tank, that they dragged towards police lines.
  一些人将管子和丙烷罐连接起来，焊接成一个巨大的喷枪，并往警察队伍那里拖。
• The Prevention of Boiler Coal Powder Air Pipe Blocking up and its Dredging
  锅炉煤粉风管堵塞的预防和疏通
• What it is not a cue is for you to pipe up and ask him to mind his language.
  同时，你绝不应该做的，是贸然与他谈话，要求他注意自己的言辞。
• Suddenly he-the captain, that is-began to pipe up his eternal song:&.
  忽然，他也就是船长扯开嗓子又唱起了那首老掉牙的破歌。
• The band began pipe up the national anthem as the national flag rose slowly.
  随着国旗缓缓升起；乐队开始演奏国歌。
• When picking up drill pipe, visually check each joint of pipe picked up to be sure it is in proper sequence according to weight, grade and class as designed.
  串接钻具时，要按照设计逐根检查，以便确认每个单根的重量、钢级和下井顺序正确无误。
• We love to hear the girls pipe up in our church.
  我们喜欢听姑娘们在教堂里高声歌唱。
• The leaves clog our drains in the Fall; The water pipe is backed up.
  秋天树叶堵塞了我们的排水沟。
• At which point I piped up and asked whether it might be at all possible to have some positive input.
  在此我插了一句询问这事儿是否会产生一些积极的投入。
• But some parts of the pipe were up to 80 per cent corroded.
  但部分管道的腐蚀度已经高达80%。