网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的词汇:

 

词汇 siphon
释义 siphon
noun[ C ]
(alsosyphon)uk /ˈsaɪ.fən/ us /ˈsaɪ.fən/
a tube that is bent in the shape of an "n", with each end in a separate container at two different levels, so that liquid can be pulled up into it from the higher container and go down through it into the lower container虹吸管
 
Elva Etienne/Moment/GettyImages
a soda siphon苏打水瓶,汽水瓶(同 soda siphon)
 
MR.Twister/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Building: plumbing, pipes & sewage
ballcock
black water
catch basin
caulking
cesspit
gurgler
hot-water tank
hydrant
influent
isolator
leakage
plumb
plunger
septic tank
sewage
sewage works
sewer
spigot
syphon
waterworks

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Laboratory equipment
Containers for liquids and gases
siphon
verb[ Tusually+ adv/prep ]
(alsosyphon)uk /ˈsaɪ.fən/ us /ˈsaɪ.fən/
to remove liquid from a container using a siphon用虹吸管吸取,用虹吸管抽取
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Removing and extracting
ablate
abstract
abstraction
bowdlerization
bowdlerized
drain
extraction
extrication
filterable
filtration
fish something out
gouge something out
peel
root something out/up
rout someone out
scoop something out
slice
slice something off
snowploughing
wipe

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Movement of liquids

Phrasal verb


siphon something off

siphon | American Dictionary


siphon
noun[ C ]
(alsosyphon)us/ˈsɑɪ·fən/
a bent tube for moving liquid from a higher container to a lower container, using gravity to keep the liquid flowing through the tube
siphon
verb[ Talways+ adv/prep ]
(alsosyphon, us/ˈsɑɪ·fən/)us/ˈsɑɪ·fən/
to remove liquid from a container using a siphon:
Somebody siphoned the gas out of our car last night.

Phrasal verb


siphon off something

siphon | Business English


siphon
verb[ T ]
(alsosyphon)uk /ˈsaɪfən/us
to take money, especially dishonestly, and use it for a purpose for which it was not intended:
siphon off funds/millions/money
siphon sth from sthHe siphoned €600,000 from company accounts to pay for his secret lifestyle.
siphon sth awayMillions of dollars of city funds were siphoned away in the form of fake property tax refunds.
NATURAL RESOURCES
to remove a liquid from one place and put it in another using a pipe or tube:
The government decided to scrap its plan to siphon water from the North-East of the country to the parched South.

Examples of siphon


siphon
One simply siphons the excess thoughts from one's mind, pours them into the basin and examines them at one's own leisure.
Most of the additional motoring taxes are being siphoned off to pay for their disastrously expensive welfare policies.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Regrettably, little mention has been made in the debate of the effect upon our local newspapers of siphoning off advertising revenue to local broadcasting stations.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
I seek an assurance that the funding for 16-year-olds will not be siphoned off from the funding of other age groups.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
They know that the capital resources that they could use profitably are not available because they are siphoned elsewhere.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
We have learned from it that the residents need to be siphoned off to a variety of different hostels.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
I also noticed rehabilitation beds lying empty because the funding had been siphoned off elsewhere in the hospital, which suggests that all is not well.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Will she undertake to fund the hard-pressed health authorities in order to avoid money being siphoned off from patient care to other areas?
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
They have been siphoned off back to head office and used to subsidise low productivity units in other parts of the country.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
To widen the relief to quoted companies would mean siphoning money away from this sector, which needs special help, to more established companies.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Enormous amounts of money have been siphoned off from federal revenue into private accounts.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
The reserves for 1994 and subsequent years will be made up almost entirely of siphoned quota.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
If it is siphoned off by one group, it is not available for another, or for investment in education and fighting crime.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
The money could have been siphoned off by the partners, whose liability has been limited.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
There is no way of siphoning it off for other purposes.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
See all examples of siphon
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
随便看

 

反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2005-2024 fscai.com All Rights Reserved 更新时间:2024/12/23 3:42:14