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kalian

/kahl-yahn/US // kɑlˈyɑn //UK // (kælˈjɑːn) //

卡利安,卡利恩,卡利昂

Related Words

plumbing水暖,水管,水暖设施,水暖工程water main水管,自来水管道,自来水管,自来水管网conduit导管,管路,管线,渠道main主要,主,主要的,主体sluice闸门,闸口,水闸,闸阀hookah水烟机,水烟,水烟壶,水烟枪hubble-bubble哈勃气泡nargileh叙事

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a Persian tobacco pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water; hookah.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inwater pipe
Synonyms
plumbing水暖,水管,水暖设施,水暖工程water main水管,自来水管道,自来水管,自来水管网conduit导管,管路,管线,渠道hookah水烟机,水烟,水烟壶,水烟枪hubble-bubble哈勃气泡main主要,主,主要的,主体nargileh叙事sluice闸门,闸口,水闸,闸阀steam pipe蒸汽管,蒸汽管道,蒸汽管路,蒸汽管子water conduit水管,水管道,导水管,输水管道

Examples

  • Sometimes the conversation was kept up for several hours, until tea and the kalian had been passed around.

  • Another pipe-bearer lighted the kalian at intervals and handed it into the carriage to his master.

  • A servant brought the Khan a handsome kalian to smoke three times.

  • There is also a large quantity of tobacco grown in Persia, which is used for the “kalian” (or water-pipe) and cigarette smoking.

  • He then began to make apologies for not having a kalian (a pipe) to offer me, 'for,' said he, 'I am not a smoker of tobacco.

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