Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #11529
plumbing
管道设备；水管系统
the pipes and fixtures in a building that supply water or gas and carry away sewage
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The pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps, and other fixtures of a water, gas, or sewage system in a house or other building.
- 2.
The trade or occupation of a plumber.
- 3.
A Murasugi sum where each disk summed along has its boundary subdivided into four segments.
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The set of Git commands, such as {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|git hash-object|inline="True"|lang="text"|style="white-space:pre-wrap;"}} and {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|git write-tree|inline="True"|lang="text"|style="white-space:pre-wrap;"}}, which control the low-level state of the repository, typically not intended to be used in ordinary situations.
管子工行业；水管工职业；测深；管子工行业；管道设备
In use
The old apartment building had serious plumbing problems, so the landlord called a repair crew.
He learned plumbing at a technical school and now fixes pipes for a living.
Water stopped flowing because the plumbing under the kitchen sink was frozen.
the plumbing
plumbing 指建筑物内的水管、煤气管等管道设施，通常不可数。
The plumbing in this building needs to be updated.
这栋楼的管道系统需要更新。
fix/repair the plumbing
fix 或 repair 与 the plumbing 搭配，表示修理水管系统。
A plumber was hired to fix the plumbing.
他们雇了一名水管工来修理管道设备。
go into plumbing
这里 plumbing 指水管工这一职业，go into 表示进入某一行当。
Connections
Collocations
- plumbing system
- 管道系统；水管系统
- The plumbing system in this old house needs to be replaced.这座老房子的管道系统需要更换。
- plumbing fixtures
- 卫浴洁具；管道设备
- The renovation included new plumbing fixtures in the bathroom.翻新工程包括在浴室安装新的卫浴洁具。
- plumbing work
- 管道工程；水管作业
- The contractor will start the plumbing work next Monday.承包商将于下周一开始管道工程。
- plumbing problems
- 管道问题；水管故障
- A tenant called to report plumbing problems in the kitchen.一位房客打电话来报告厨房的水管故障。
- plumbing repairs
- 管道维修；水管修理
- Plumbing repairs can be expensive if you wait too long.如果等太久，管道维修的费用可能会很高。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象水管工(plumber)正在修水管，plumbing就是‘管道设备’；看到plumbing，想起plumber，水就能流通。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：home repair、building installation、trade work plumbing 在日常生活和技术语境中都很常用，通常指建筑物的管道系统或管道设备，也可指水管工这一职业；属于中性词，正式和非正式场合都比较常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
押韵词有 coming、humming、drumming。拼写相近但发音不同的词：climbing /ˈklaɪmɪŋ/、bombing /ˈbɒmɪŋ/、plumber /ˈplʌmər/（plumber 与 plumbing 同样有哑音 b，但不押韵）。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.