siphon

英 ['saɪfn] 美 ['saɪfn]

• n. 虹吸管
• v. 用虹吸管吸出或排出；转移（钱）

英英释义

Noun:

1. a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that atmospheric pressure forces the liquid through the tube

2. a tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled

Verb:

1. convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon

2. move a liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action;

   "siphon gas into the tank"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. A liquid is made to flow through a siphon.
   使液体通过虹吸管。

用作动词 (v.)

1. If you're short of petrol you can siphon off a gallon from my tank.
   如果汽油不够，你可以从我的油箱中用虹吸管吸一加仑去。
2. She siphoned off profits from the business into her account.
   她把企业的赢利转到了自己的帐户上。

经典引文

• Siphoning fuel out of the hydrojet's tank.

  出自： A. C. Clarke

• Edmund..siphoned..soda into his glass.

  出自： Shelley Smith

词汇搭配

• siphon off 用虹吸管吸出...
• siphon out 用虹吸管吸出...
• soda siphon 苏打瓶
• siphon suction 虹吸润滑器
• siphon recorder 波纹机(虹吸记录器)...
• siphon lock 虹吸式水闸
• siphon gauge 虹吸管压力计,虹吸表...
• adjustable siphon 可调虹吸
• dosing siphon 投配虹吸
• siphon barograph 虹吸气压计
• inverted siphon 反向虹吸
• siphon pump 虹吸水泵,虹吸泵...
• siphon culvert 虹吸涵洞
• siphon barometer 弯管气压计
• siphon trap 虹吸管,虹吸封气,虹...
• return siphon 回水虹吸管
• siphon action 虹吸作用
• automatic siphon 自动虹吸
• siphon pipe 虹吸管
• central siphon 轴管

近反义词

【近义词】

• funnel 漏斗
• pump 泵
• draw off 取回
• tap 龙头
• drain off 排除
• syphon 弯管
• siphon off 用虹吸管吸出...