Pipework is the pipes that belong to a building, a machine, or some other structure, taken as one system — not a single pipe, but the whole set running through walls, under floors, or around an engine. In a house it is often the water and heating pipes; in a factory, a ship, or a power plant it may carry steam, oil, gas, or waste.

Pipework is the pipes that belong to a building, a machine, or some other structurePipework是屬於一棟建築、一台機器，或其他結構的管子, taken as one system合起來當成一個系統看 — not a single pipe不是單一一根管子, but the whole set running through walls, under floors, or around an engine而是穿過牆壁、地板下、或繞著引擎的整組管線。In a house it is often the water and heating pipes在住家裡通常是水管和暖氣管; in a factory, a ship, or a power plant在工廠、船、或發電廠裡 it may carry steam, oil, gas, or waste它可能輸送蒸汽、油、瓦斯或廢水。

British speakers use this word a lot. Americans more often say piping, or just the pipes.

British speakers use this word a lot英國人很常用這個字。Americans more often say piping, or just the pipes美國人比較常說piping，或直接說the pipes。

It can sound like a builder’s or an engineer’s word, the sort of thing you read in a report, though actually ordinary people do say it when they mean “all those pipes, the whole lot.” The picture stays practical: tubes that carry something from one place to another, fitted into a place or a machine.

It can sound like a builder's or an engineer's word這個字聽起來像建築工或工程師會用的字, the sort of thing you read in a report是那種你會在報告裡讀到的用詞, though actually ordinary people do say it不過其實一般人也會這樣說 when they mean “all those pipes, the whole lot.”意思是「所有那些管子，整組」。The picture stays practical背後的畫面很實際: tubes that carry something from one place to another就是把東西從一個地方輸送到另一個地方的管子, fitted into a place or a machine裝在某個地方或某台機器裡。