1. Engineers build huge storm pipes or sewers (污水沟) to carry the storm water away, but these cause another problem. 工程师们就建造了巨大的雨水管道或下水道来把暴雨雨水排出去,但是这些设施会引起另一个问题。
2. When lights fuse, furniture gets rickety, pipes get clogged, or vacuum cleaners fail to operate, 每当电灯保险丝烧断、家具榫头松动、管道堵塞、吸尘器不动时,
3. The pipes are clogging up. 管子渐渐被堵塞.
4. The city was even equipped with a drainage system, for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets. 城里甚至还敷设了排水系统,因为在狭窄的街道底下发现了许许多多陶土制作的排水管道。
5. 3.Some furniture and carpets in your house were damaged by a leak (裂缝) in the water pipes. 3.因为水管漏水,你房里的一些家具和地毯被损坏。
6. "Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water," he warns. He might have gone a step further and called for respect for both our economists and our trashmen; otherwise, they'll both leave garbage behind. 他警告说,“这个社会的管道和理论都会出问题。”他也许还应进一步要求人们既尊重经济学家又尊重垃圾工;不然的话,他们都会在身后留下垃圾。
7. Pipes convey hot water from the boiler to the radiators. 通过管道把热水从锅炉输送到散热器里.
8. Many farmer´s fields are irrigated by water brought from a river or lake through bamboo pipes. 很多农民的田地是通过竹管从河流或湖泊中引水灌溉的.
9. Check that the joints of the pipes are sealed properly. 检查一下管道的接口是否封严了.
10. The warm water round the hot oil pipes under the sea; 海底热的输油管道附近的温暖的海水;