piper

英 [ˈpaɪpə(r)]

美 [ˈpaɪpər]

n.  吹笛者; 风笛吹奏者

复数：pipers　

Collins.1 / BNC.7404 / COCA.20506

习惯用语

n.

he who pays the piper calls the tune
• 花钱的人说了算；财大者气粗
  the person who provides the money for sth can also control how it is spent

牛津词典

noun

• 吹笛者；风笛吹奏者
  a person who plays music on a pipe or the bagpipes

柯林斯词典

• 吹风笛的人；风笛手
  Apiperis a musician who plays the bagpipes.
• 谁出钱谁做主；花钱的人说了算
  If you say 'He who pays the piper' or 'He who pays the piper calls the tune', you mean that the person who provides the money for something decides what will be done, or has a right to decide what will be done.

英英释义

noun

• someone who plays the bagpipe
  Synonym:bagpiper

双语例句

• A solo piper opens Aberdeen Highland Games at 10am and the main events start at 1pm.
  上午10点，一位风笛独奏家揭开了阿伯丁高地运动会的序幕，下午1点主要比赛项目开始。
• Would you have been a little rapper like your papa da Piper?
  你会成为一个像你爸爸吹笛手那样的小打击乐手吗？
• Mr Piper's overpricing was first suspected in April 2008 when Morgan Stanley began a review of his valuations.
  去年4月，当摩根士丹利开始对派珀的估值进行审核时，首次怀疑到了他的过高定价行为。
• First appeared at age3 in film Pied Piper Malone ( 1924) with his father.
  首次出现在3岁在电影花衣马龙（1924）与他的父亲。
• I just landed his twin-engine piper.
  我刚让他的双引擎piper飞机着陆。
• Dick wasted much of the fund owing to mismanagement, so now he must pay the piper.
  由于管理不善，迪克浪费了大量资金，所以，现在他必须承担后果。
• The mayor said to the piper with a smile.
  镇长微笑地对吹笛者说。
• Joe Tanner and Heidemarie Piper are installing the power cables for a new solar array and its supporting truss.
  J和H正在为一组新的太阳能电池组和支撑它的构架安装电缆线。
• The winner beamed with satisfaction. the mayor said to the piper with a smile.
  获胜者满意地笑了.镇长微笑地对吹笛者说。
• In Season 2, Lolly comforted a traumatized Piper mid-flight.
  在第二季中，Lollly安慰了在飞机上吓坏了的Piper。