piper

piper — 名詞

1. a musician whose instrument is either a simple wind pipe (a thin tube blown thro

1.名詞C1
釋義

風笛手；笛手

吹奏笛子或蘇格蘭風笛的樂手

a musician whose instrument is either a simple wind pipe (a thin tube blown through the lips) or, more often in modern use, the bagpipes traditional to Scotland and Ireland.

例句

A lone piper led the wedding party out of the church and across the lawn.

一位獨自演奏的風笛手帶著婚禮隊伍走出教堂、穿過草坪。

common collocation: a lone piper

Marcus hired three pipers from Glasgow to play at his grandfather's funeral.

Marcus 從格拉斯哥請了三位風笛手來祖父的葬禮上演奏。

plural countable: hire pipers to play

同義詞
  • bagpiper

    more specific — only refers to a bagpipes player, never to a player of a simple pipe

  • piper player

    non-standard; avoid

  • pipe-blower

    rare and informal; mainly used jokingly

用法筆記

Subject is usually a person introduced by name, role, or number ('a lone piper', 'three pipers'). In modern British and Irish English the bagpipe meaning is far more common than the simple-pipe meaning; the latter mostly survives in folk-music and historical contexts.

常見錯誤

❌She plays the piper in the orchestra.
✅She plays the bagpipes in the orchestra.
💡'piper' is the player, not the instrument; the instrument is 'pipe' or 'bagpipes'.
❌He is a piper of the flute.
✅He is a flute player.' / 'He is a flautist.
💡'piper' is not used for flute, oboe, or other orchestral wind players.