| 词汇 | pipe down |
| 释义 | Idiom pipe down Theme: SILENCE to be quiet; to get quiet. (Slang.)Okay, you guys, pipe down!I've heard enough out of you. Pipe down! Slang pipe down Theme: SILENCE in. to become quiet; to cease making noise; to shut up. (Especially as a rude command.)Pipe down! I'm trying to sleep.Come on! Pipe down and get back to work! Phr V pipe down pipes, piping, piped pipe down informal to talk more quietly, or to stop complainingoften an orderWill you two pipe down, I'm trying to read! pipe down verb to be quieter; to shut up. Often exclamatory. From the nautical sense (to dismiss by sounding the pipe) UK, 1965pipe down usually in commands informal to talk more quietly, or to stop complaining: "Everybody pipe down," said Uncle Alfred. "There's no need to get so excited."■ SIMILAR TO: quieten down BrE, quiet down AmE pipe downTo become quiet and calm; to stop being loud or boisterous. Often said as a command. OK, class, pipe down! Let's begin our lesson, shall we? We piped down when we realized he was trying to tell us something important. pipe downto become quiet; to cease making noise; to shut up. (Especially as a rude command.) Pipe down! I'm trying to sleep. Come on! Pipe down and get back to work! pipe downStop talking, be quiet, as in I wish you children would pipe down. This idiom is also used as an imperative, as in Pipe down! We want to listen to the opera. It comes from the navy, where the signal for all hands to turn in was sometimes sounded on a whistle or pipe. By 1900 it had been transferred to more general use. pipe downv. Slang To stop talking; become quiet: Pipe down—I'm trying to sleep! pipe down in. to become quiet; to cease making noise; to shut up. (Especially as a rude command.) Pipe down! I’m trying to sleep. |
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