piper

英 [ˈpaɪpə(r)]

美 [ˈpaɪpər]

n.  吹笛者; 风笛吹奏者

复数：pipers　

Collins.1 / BNC.7404 / COCA.20506

习惯用语

n.

he who pays the piper calls the tune
• 花钱的人说了算；财大者气粗
  the person who provides the money for sth can also control how it is spent

牛津词典

noun

• 吹笛者；风笛吹奏者
  a person who plays music on a pipe or the bagpipes

柯林斯词典

• 吹风笛的人；风笛手
  Apiperis a musician who plays the bagpipes.
• 谁出钱谁做主；花钱的人说了算
  If you say 'He who pays the piper' or 'He who pays the piper calls the tune', you mean that the person who provides the money for something decides what will be done, or has a right to decide what will be done.

英英释义

noun

• someone who plays the bagpipe
  Synonym:bagpiper

双语例句

• "I'll sell them to you," said the piper.
  “我可以卖给你呀，”风笛手说道。
• The mayor forgot that he had to thank the piper and pay him a thousand dollars.
  但镇长却忘了要答谢那吹笛者并付给他一千元。
• Joe Tanner and Heidemarie Piper are installing the power cables for a new solar array and its supporting truss.
  J和H正在为一组新的太阳能电池组和支撑它的构架安装电缆线。
• Dick wasted much of the fund owing to mismanagement, so now he must pay the piper.
  由于管理不善，迪克浪费了大量资金，所以，现在他必须承担后果。
• Thank you, Mr. Piper. But you only played the pipe.
  谢谢你，吹笛者先生。你只不过是吹了下笛子。
• You will enjoy Piper's Alley in Old Town.
  你会喜爱旧城里的那条吹笛人小巷。
• Where is the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
  那这些由彼得这吹笛人选的许多腌辣椒在哪里呢？
• When the people of Hamelin, Germany had a problem with rats, they called the Pied Piper.
  当德国哈默尔恩的人们遇上鼠疫的难题，他们请来了一个花衣魔笛手。
• The piper and the children were never seen or heard from again.
  之后再也没人看过或听过吹笛者和那些孩子的消息了。
• Yes, you promised me the money,@ the piper said to the mayor.
  吹笛者对镇长说：是的，您答应要给我这笔钱的。