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| 单词 | siphon |
| 释义 | siphon n. & v. (also syphon) --n   1. a pipe or tube shaped like an inverted V or U with unequal legs to convey a liquid from a container to a lower level by atmospheric pressure.   2. (in full siphon-bottle) an aerated-water bottle from which liquid is forced out through a tube by the pressure of gas.   3. Zool. a a canal or conduit esp. in cephalopods. b the sucking-tube of some insects etc. --vtr. & intr. (often foll. by off)   1. conduct or flow through a siphon.   2. divert or set aside (funds etc.). Derivatives siphonage n. siphonal adj. siphonic adj. Etymology: F siphon or L sipho -onis f. Gk siphon pipe |
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