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play the bagpipes
指整件乐器时常用复数形式 bagpipes，并常与 the 连用。
She plays the bagpipes in the parade.
她在游行中演奏风笛。
风笛
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
风笛
bagpipe
She plays the bagpipes in the parade.
她在游行中演奏风笛。
常以复数 bagpipes 指单个乐器
He played a slow melody on the bagpipe.
他用风笛吹奏了一首舒缓的旋律。
The sound of bagpipes drifted across the lake.
风笛的声音飘过湖面。
She keeps a small bagpipe ornament on her bookshelf.
她书架上放着一个风笛小装饰品。
指整件乐器时常用复数形式 bagpipes，并常与 the 连用。
She plays the bagpipes in the parade.
她在游行中演奏风笛。
bagpipes 作主语时，谓语动词用复数形式。
The bagpipes are a traditional Scottish instrument.
风笛是一种传统的苏格兰乐器。
a set of bagpipes 表示“一套风笛”。
He bought a new set of bagpipes.
他买了一套新的风笛。
单数形式 bagpipe 可用作定语，如 bagpipe music。
They listened to bagpipe music.
他们听了风笛音乐。
Not this
He plays bagpipe.
Use this
He plays the bagpipes.
英语中表示演奏乐器时，乐器名词前要用定冠词 the，且 bagpipes 通常以复数形式出现。中文“吹风笛”没有冠词和复数，学习者容易遗漏，因此应改为 He plays the bagpipes。
Not this
The bagpipes is a Scottish instrument.
Use this
The bagpipes are a Scottish instrument.
bagpipes 是复数名词（指整套风笛），作主语时谓语动词应用复数 are。中文“风笛”是单数概念，容易误用 is，但英语中需要主谓一致。
Not this
He joined a bagpipes band.
Use this
He joined a bagpipe band.
名词作定语修饰另一个名词时，通常用单数形式，即使该名词本身常以复数出现。因此“风笛乐队”应为 bagpipe band，而不是 bagpipes band。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
吹风笛
He learned to play the bagpipes when he was twelve.
他十二岁时学会了吹风笛。
一套风笛
She carries a set of bagpipes to every parade.
她每次游行都带一套风笛。
风笛音乐
The bagpipe music filled the street during the festival.
节日期间风笛音乐响彻街头。
风笛演奏者
A skilled bagpipe player led the procession.
一位熟练的风笛演奏者走在队伍前面。
风笛的声音
The sound of bagpipes echoed across the valley.
风笛的声音在山谷中回荡。
绅士就是会吹风笛却不吹的人。
A famous humorous saying, often attributed to Mark Twain, poking fun at the bagpipes' loud, grating sound.
一句常被归于马克·吐温的幽默名言，调侃风笛响亮刺耳的声音。
Use bagpipe naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象一个袋子(bag)连着几根管子(pipe)，一挤就发出悠扬的苏格兰风笛声。
语域：neutral 常见场景：music、Scottish culture 该词为中性用词，通常用于音乐或文化场景，如谈论苏格兰风笛或民间音乐。
The words above all end in -pipe and share the final /paɪp/ sound with the last syllable of bagpipe (/bægpaɪp/). However, the main stress in bagpipe is on the first syllable, so they are not perfect rhymes with the whole word. Lookalike warning: pipeline (/ˈpaɪplaɪn/) ends in /laɪn/ and piper (/ˈpaɪpər/) has a different final consonant, so neither rhymes with -pipe.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.