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

• 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。
• 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。
• He told me the story about a piper and the lost children.
  他给我讲了一个关于吹笛者和丢失的孩子的故事。
• Piper, our mayor must pay you the money from our tax.
  吹笛者，镇长必须从我们缴的税中付你钱。
• The piper's work was very easy.
  吹笛者的工作非常简单。
• The winner beamed with satisfaction. the mayor said to the piper with a smile.
  获胜者满意地笑了.镇长微笑地对吹笛者说。
• When the people began to go home, the piper appeared in front of the mayor.
  人们开始回家时，这时吹笛者出现在市长面前。
• The mayor said to the piper with a smile.
  镇长微笑地对吹笛者说。
• 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。
• 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。