| 单词 | siphon |
| 释义 | siphon (saɪfən ) also syphon Word forms: siphons , siphoning , siphoned 1. verb If you siphon liquid from a container, you make it come out through a tube and down into a lower container by enabling gravity to push it out. She puts a piece of plastic tubing in her mouth and starts siphoning gas from a huge metal drum. [VERB noun preposition] Tell Mac to siphon petrol out of his wagon. [VERB noun preposition] Siphon off means the same as siphon. Surgeons siphoned off fluid from his left lung. [VERB PARTICLE noun] The water had to be siphoned off. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 2. countable noun A siphon is a tube that you use for siphoning liquid. 3. verb If you siphon money or resources from something, you cause them to be used for a purpose for which they were not intended. He had siphoned thousands of pounds a week from the failing business. [VERB noun preposition] They siphon foreign aid money into their personal bank accounts. [VERB noun preposition] Siphon off means the same as siphon. He had siphoned off a small fortune in aid money from the United Nations. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Translations: Chinese: 用虹吸管抽吸, 虹吸管 Japanese: 吸い上げるサイフォンで, サイフォン |
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