| 单词 | piper |
| 释义 | piper noun[C] uk/ˈpaɪ.pər/us/ˈpaɪ.pɚ/someone whoplaysapipe(= ashortnarrowtubeplayedbyblowingthrough it)or thebagpipes: 吹笛人，风笛吹奏者We couldhearalonepiperplayingin thedistance.我们能听到远处有一个人独自吹奏着风笛。  Rosmarie Wirz/Moment/GettyImages Musicians
Examplesofpiperpiper Some of the custard was put into reusable cloth pipers that were then used to fill cakes. From theCambridge English Corpus However, the architectural profession must be prepared to 'pay thepiper, if it wishes to call the tune'. From theCambridge English Corpus Jingoism is condemned in the song of a new piedpiper. From theCambridge English Corpus He who pays thepipercalls the tune. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Those who pay thepipercall the tune. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Once again the man who drinks the beer, who fills in the football coupons and attends the dogs is paying thepiper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The persons paying thepipercannot call the tune under the present arrangement of different and separate education authorities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I should like to see the whole of the wheat deficiency payments done away with and the millers and merchants paying thepiper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If, however, they have to pass it on, it is between the millers and the consumers as to who is paying thepiper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The old maxim of "he who pays thepipercalls the tune" applies in this case. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a well-known maxim, compact of cynicism and sound sense, which says that the people who pay thepipercall the tune. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is an old but true maxim that he who pays thepipercalls the tune. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a search to be in tune with thepiperand not to be left behind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The legislation owes much to the tenet that he who pays thepipercalls the tune. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not asking that we should neglect scholarship but that we should do a little more for the general public who pay thepiper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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