| 单词 |
pipe-down |
| 释义 |
pipe-down Naut. [f. pipe v.1] The act of ‘piping down’ (see pipe v.1 3); a call on the boatswain's pipe signalling sailors to retire for the night.
1913Dialect Notes IV. 164 Pipe-down, tattoo. Pipe-down call is sounded at 9 p.m. on board ship. 1942Penguin New Writing XV. 8, I didn't see him again until pipe-down. 1963Times 26 Feb. 12/7 Twenty-odd ‘pipes’ for special occasions were there to be learnt, from the ‘still’..to the complicated ‘Pipe down’ at the end of the day. |

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