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the piper + verb
指风笛手演奏时，常用play搭配。
The piper played a lively tune on his bagpipes.
风笛手用他的风笛吹奏了一首欢快的曲子。
风笛手
pipers — plural of piper
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
风笛手
someone who plays the bagpipe
The piper played a lively tune on his bagpipes.
风笛手用他的风笛吹奏了一首欢快的曲子。
吹笛的音乐家
A musician who plays a pipe.
由派珀公司制造的飞机。
An airplane made by Piper.
风笛手
A bagpiper.
幼鸽
A baby pigeon.
The piper played a lively tune at the village fair.
风笛手在乡村集市上演奏了一首欢快的曲子。
We hired a piper for the Scottish wedding ceremony.
我们为苏格兰婚礼仪式请了一位风笛手。
Several pipers marched in the parade, playing traditional music.
几位风笛手在游行队伍中行进，演奏着传统音乐。
指风笛手演奏时，常用play搭配。
The piper played a lively tune on his bagpipes.
风笛手用他的风笛吹奏了一首欢快的曲子。
植物学中piper指胡椒属，常与species连用。
Piper nigrum is the species that yields black pepper.
胡椒属的物种包括生产黑胡椒的胡椒。
Not this
He piper the tune.
Use this
He plays the tune on the pipe.
误将名词‘piper’用作动词。‘piper’是名词，指吹笛者或风笛手，不能直接作谓语。应使用动词‘play’并搭配介词短语表示演奏乐器。
Not this
I need some piper for the dish.
Use this
I need some pepper for the dish.
因发音相似混淆了‘piper’和‘pepper’。‘piper’指风笛手或胡椒属植物，而调味品‘胡椒粉’应用‘pepper’。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
承担后果；付钱给吹笛人
If you make a mess, you'll have to pay the piper.
如果你搞得一团糟，你就得承担后果。
穿花衣的吹笛手（传说人物）
The Pied Piper led the children away from the town.
穿花衣的吹笛手把孩子们带离了小镇。
苏格兰风笛手
A Scottish piper played at the wedding.
一位苏格兰风笛手在婚礼上演奏。
风笛手的曲子
The piper's tune echoed through the valley.
风笛手的曲子在山谷中回荡。
雇佣风笛手
They decided to hire a piper for the festival.
他们决定为节日雇佣一名风笛手。
承担后果；付出代价
If you keep making these mistakes, you'll have to pay the piper eventually.
如果你一直犯这些错误，最终你将不得不承担后果。
谁出钱谁说了算
In business, he who pays the piper calls the tune, so the major investors have the final say.
在商业中，谁出钱谁说了算，因此主要投资者拥有最终决定权。
谁付钱给吹笛者，谁就点曲调。
If you want to make decisions, you have to pay the piper.
如果你想做决定，你就得承担后果。
哈默林的花衣吹笛人把孩子们带走了。
In the story, the piper's music enchanted everyone.
在故事中，吹笛人的音乐迷住了所有人。
Use pipers naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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Pipe（管子）加上 -er，就是吹笛者。联想 pipe 是管子，加人变吹笛人。
多义词：音乐语境中指风笛手，植物学中指胡椒属植物，偶尔指管道安装工；语体中性偏正式，具体含义依上下文而定。
通常指吹奏管乐器的人，也可指管道工，复数加-s
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