:a system of pipes that carries water through a building(建筑物的)管路系统,管道设备
The house has old plumbing.这栋房子的管道设备陈旧。
The cottage has electricity but no indoor plumbing. [=the cottage does not have a toilet or sink; there are no pipes that supply clean water to the cottage]这个村舍通上了电,但没有室内管道。
a store that sells plumbing fixtures [=sinks, toilets, faucets, etc.]销售卫浴设备的商店
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:the work of a plumber:the job of installing and repairing sinks, toilets, water pipes, etc.管子工的工作
: the apparatus (such as pipes and fixtures) concerned in the distribution and use of water in a building
b
: an internal system that resembles plumbing
especially: one consisting of conduits or channels for conveying fluids
Example Sentences
The house has old plumbing.
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