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

• You will receive a call from your boss, Terry piper.
  你将接到你老板特瑞？派泊的电话。
• The piper said, his face turning red.
  吹笛者涨红着脸说。
• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickle prepared by his parents and put them in a big paper plate.
  彼得·派博把父母腌制的泡菜取出很多，放在一个大纸盘里。
• First appeared at age3 in film Pied Piper Malone ( 1924) with his father.
  首次出现在3岁在电影花衣马龙（1924）与他的父亲。
• In Season 2, Lolly comforted a traumatized Piper mid-flight.
  在第二季中，Lollly安慰了在飞机上吓坏了的Piper。
• 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。
• 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。
• Would you have been a little rapper like your papa da Piper?
  你会成为一个像你爸爸吹笛手那样的小打击乐手吗？
• The piper went on and on along the street.
  吹笛者继续沿着街道前进。
• The author is a partner in the Beijing Office of international law firm DLA Piper.
  本文作者是跨国律师事务所英国欧华律师事务所（dlapiper）驻北京代表处合伙人。