siphon
siphon 英 ['saɪfn] 美 [ˈsaɪfən]
n. 虹吸管 vi. 通过虹吸管 vt. 用虹吸管吸出；抽取
进行时:siphoning 过去式:siphoned 过去分词:siphoned 第三人称单数:siphons 名词复数:siphons
- A siphon is a device used to move liquid from one container to the other. If you're giving your goldfish a magnificent new bowl, you can use a siphon to move the water from the old one to the new.
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- n. 虹吸管
- vi. 通过虹吸管
- vt. 用虹吸管吸出；抽取
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1. A giant clam's siphon is used to draw in water to filter and consume passing plankton.
巨型蛤蚌的虹吸管是被用来以过吸水的方式过滤并吸食经过的浮游生物。
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2. BP says it expects to siphon oil from a gushing well in the Gulf of Mexico later tonight.
英国石油公司表示今晚有望从墨西哥湾油井中用虹吸管把油抽走。
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3. BP was also planning to sink two relief wells to help siphon off the oil that is leaking into the Gulf, but that could take several weeks, company officials told the news media.
英国石油公司的工作人员向新闻媒体表示，英国石油公司还计划钻两口减压井，协助抽取流入墨西哥湾的石油，但这个过程可能需耗时数星期之久。
- siphon (n.) late 14c., from Latin sipho (genitive siphonis) "a siphon," from Greek siphon "pipe, tube for drawing wine from a cask," of unknown origin. Related: Siphonal.
- siphon (v.) 1859, from siphon (n.). Figurative sense of "to draw off, divert" is recorded from 1940. Related: Siphoned; siphoning.
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