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pipestem

/pahyp-stem/US // ˈpaɪpˌstɛm //

琵琶网,琵琶岛,琵琶湾,琵琶湖

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the stem of a tobacco pipe.
    • : something resembling this in slenderness, as an unusually thin arm or leg.

Examples

  • The mouthpiece of the pipestem was gently presented to the lips and the breath drawn through.

  • Ford knocked the ashes from his pipe so hard that the pipestem fell in two.

  • The gnawed and blackened end of a cane pipestem stood out of his breast pocket, rising like a frosted weed stalk.

  • This stem is made up of little flat rings looking like bits of a pipestem.

  • As usual in colonial sites, quantities of pipestem and bowl fragments were recovered.