English Dictionary

pipe up

動詞

自動詞 風 通常 稀用 他動詞

(intransitive) To speak up, especially in a robust, assertive manner; to say something suddenly. / (intransitive) To begin singing or playing musical notes on a pipe or similar wind instrument.

日本語の意味

突然、あるいは積極的に発言する / 笛や類似の管楽器で演奏（または歌い始める）

When the committee ignored her concerns, she finally decided to pipe up during the meeting.

委員会が彼女の懸念を無視したとき、彼女はついに会議で声を上げて発言することにした。

意味（1）

(intransitive) To speak up, especially in a robust, assertive manner; to say something suddenly.

You seem to have a lot to say, remarked Silver, spitting far into the air. Pipe up and let me hear it, or lay to.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To begin singing or playing musical notes on a pipe or similar wind instrument.

[T]he frogs in a neighboring marsh began to pipe up for the evening concert.

意味（3）

(intransitive, of wind, etc.) To begin to blow more vigorously.

Once, for ten minutes, the sun shone at midday, and ten minutes afterward a new gale was piping up.

意味（4）

(transitive, rare) To call, awaken, or summon, as with a musical instrument.

Yet beyond turning my blood cold for a moment, it gave me little trouble, for evil tales have hung about the church; and though I did not set much store by the old yarns of Blackbeard piping up his crew, yet I thought strange things might well go on among the graves at night. And so I never budged, nor stirred hand or foot to save a fellow-creature in his agony.

pipes up （ present singular third-person ）

piping up （ participle present ）

piped up （ participle past ）

piped up （ past ）