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Definition of standpipe in English: standpipenounˈstan(d)pʌɪpˈstæn(d)ˌpaɪp A vertical pipe extending from a water supply, especially one connecting a temporary tap to the mains. （与给水系统相连的）竖直水管（尤指与主管道相连的临时水龙头） Example sentencesExamples - And women were beginning to wend their way down to the standpipes at the road to collect water for the day to carry back in buckets balanced on their heads.
- The drain standpipe should always be taller than your highest water level in the machine to add protection from back-up water and siphoning.
- Then the air expands, forcing water up the standpipe, and into the elevated tank.
- Traffic on nearby Leeds Road was disrupted as police diverted cars round standpipes pumping water from the main road to help douse the flames.
- A 20-tonne capacity water truck can be filled in half an hour and standpipes have been set up for people to siphon off the water.
- The iron standpipe supplied residents of Rawcliffe with drinking water before the handful of cottages tapped into the mains.
- Over the past six years, residents of informal settlements in the East London area had been consuming municipal water from standpipes for free as the council could not collect the revenue.
- Waterpipes have been frozen almost everywhere and in some places the public water standpipes have been frozen, resulting in considerable inconvenience to cottagers and others.
- Ms Henwood has warned that queuing for water at standpipes in the street may become a feature of future summers in Hampshire.
- They will have a car park, sheds and standpipes for water, and most say they are happy to move.
- The system enables individuals to use their own pre-paid cards to get water from a communal standpipe.
- Every week, Christopher washes his clothes and collects drinking water at a standpipe in Beetham Gardens.
- Additional standpipe feeds for the water sprinkler system were installed.
- Family members and friends tried to put out the fire by attaching a hose to a nearby standpipe, but this did little to stop the blaze.
- As the summit began yesterday, desperate kids in nearby shanty towns queued for water at standpipes.
- If water came from a standpipe, consumption would be less than half that so the cost in turn would be halved.
- The episode that audiences will see at the festival focuses on rural Caribbean life - specifically the women who carry water from the standpipe back to their homes.
- To hit home just how tough things were in the days before modern plumbing, visitors will be able to lift two gallon buckets of water, which is what people carried from the standpipe to their homes.
- After all, while there may be reduced rainfall there haven't been any long periods of hot, dry weather, as there were in 1976 when many areas had standpipes in the street.
- Similarly, use of existing fire department standpipes and water supplies will be allowed.
Definition of standpipe in US English: standpipenounˈstæn(d)ˌpaɪpˈstan(d)ˌpīp A vertical pipe extending from a water supply, especially one connecting a temporary tap to the main. （与给水系统相连的）竖直水管（尤指与主管道相连的临时水龙头） Example sentencesExamples - They will have a car park, sheds and standpipes for water, and most say they are happy to move.
- As the summit began yesterday, desperate kids in nearby shanty towns queued for water at standpipes.
- Then the air expands, forcing water up the standpipe, and into the elevated tank.
- Family members and friends tried to put out the fire by attaching a hose to a nearby standpipe, but this did little to stop the blaze.
- The episode that audiences will see at the festival focuses on rural Caribbean life - specifically the women who carry water from the standpipe back to their homes.
- The iron standpipe supplied residents of Rawcliffe with drinking water before the handful of cottages tapped into the mains.
- To hit home just how tough things were in the days before modern plumbing, visitors will be able to lift two gallon buckets of water, which is what people carried from the standpipe to their homes.
- Additional standpipe feeds for the water sprinkler system were installed.
- A 20-tonne capacity water truck can be filled in half an hour and standpipes have been set up for people to siphon off the water.
- If water came from a standpipe, consumption would be less than half that so the cost in turn would be halved.
- Traffic on nearby Leeds Road was disrupted as police diverted cars round standpipes pumping water from the main road to help douse the flames.
- The drain standpipe should always be taller than your highest water level in the machine to add protection from back-up water and siphoning.
- The system enables individuals to use their own pre-paid cards to get water from a communal standpipe.
- After all, while there may be reduced rainfall there haven't been any long periods of hot, dry weather, as there were in 1976 when many areas had standpipes in the street.
- Every week, Christopher washes his clothes and collects drinking water at a standpipe in Beetham Gardens.
- And women were beginning to wend their way down to the standpipes at the road to collect water for the day to carry back in buckets balanced on their heads.
- Waterpipes have been frozen almost everywhere and in some places the public water standpipes have been frozen, resulting in considerable inconvenience to cottagers and others.
- Ms Henwood has warned that queuing for water at standpipes in the street may become a feature of future summers in Hampshire.
- Similarly, use of existing fire department standpipes and water supplies will be allowed.
- Over the past six years, residents of informal settlements in the East London area had been consuming municipal water from standpipes for free as the council could not collect the revenue.
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