pipeline
pipeline — noun
1. a connected set of pipes, often buried beneath the ground, that moves oil, gas,
a connected set of pipes, often buried beneath the ground, that moves oil, gas, or water across great distances from one place to another.
Engineers in Alaska are repairing a pipeline that carries oil from the wells to the coast.
pipeline + that-clause describing what it carries
A new gas pipeline will run from Norway under the sea to ports in northern Germany.
pipeline from X to Y for source and destination
Farmers worry that the pipeline could leak and pollute the rivers near their land.
Workers in orange jackets dug a deep trench to lay the water pipeline beside the road.
The old pipeline burst last winter and flooded several streets in the small town.
文法句型
pipeline from X to Y
pipeline carries/transports + [substance]
用法筆記
Often modified by the substance it carries (oil pipeline, gas pipeline, water pipeline). Frequently the subject of verbs of construction (build, lay, run) or failure (burst, leak, rupture).