pipeline
US: /ˈpaɪˌpɫaɪn/
UK: /pˈaɪplaɪn/
UK: /pˈaɪplaɪn/
English Vietnamese dictionary
pipeline /'paiplain/
- danh từ
- ống dẫn dầu
- (nghĩa bóng) nguồn hàng vận chuyển liên tục (từ nơi sản xuất đến các nhà buôn lẻ)
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) đường lấy tin riêng
- diplomatic pipelines: đường tin ngoại giao
- ngoại động từ
- đặt ống dẫn dầu
- dẫn bằng ống dẫn dầu
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
a series of pipes that are usually underground and are used for carrying oil, gas, etc. over long distances: a gas / an oil pipeline
Idioms: in the pipeline something that is in the pipeline is being discussed, planned or prepared and will happen or exist soon: Important new laws are already in the pipeline.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 pipe, tube, duct, hose, line, main, conduit, passage, conveyor, channel:
Pipelines carry gas from the North Sea throughout Britain. Very little information was flowing through the pipeline from Beirut
2 in the pipeline. on the way, under way, in the offing, ready, imminent, coming, Colloq in the works, cooking, US in work:
They said that the contract was in the pipeline and should arrive soon.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
gas, oil, water
VERB + PIPELINE
build, construct, lay
PIPELINE + VERB
supply sth
The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.
| pass through sth, run through sth
The pipeline runs through central Mozambique.
| link sth
The pipeline links the refinery with the port.
PIPELINE + NOUN
network, system
PREP.
in the ~
(figurative) (= being discussed or prepared)Important changes are already in the pipeline.
| ~ across
a pipeline across the desert
| ~ through
the construction of a gas pipeline through Morocco
Concise English dictionary
pipelines
+gossip spread by spoken communication
+a pipe used to transport liquids or gases
