siphon

1. V-T If you siphon liquid from a container, you make it come out through a tube and down into a lower container by enabling the pressure of the air on it to push it out. 用虹吸管抽吸

He told police someone had tried to siphon gas from his car. 他告訴警察有人試圖用吸管吸出他汽車(chē)?yán)锏钠汀?/p>

2. PHRASAL VERB Siphon off means the same as . 用虹吸管抽吸

Surgeons siphoned off fluid from his left lung. 外科醫(yī)生用虹吸管從他的左肺吸出液體。

3. N-COUNT A siphon is a tube that you use for siphoning liquid. 虹吸管

4. V-T If you siphon money or resources from something, you cause them to be used for a purpose for which they were not intended. 抽走 (金錢(qián)或資源)

He siphoned $1.2 billion from his companies to prop up his crumbling media empire. 他從他所有的公司抽調(diào)12億美元用來(lái)支持他搖搖欲墜的媒體王國(guó)。

5. PHRASAL VERB Siphon off means the same as . 抽走 (金錢(qián)或資源)

He had siphoned off a small fortune in aid money from the United Nations. 他從聯(lián)合國(guó)援助基金中抽走了一小筆錢(qián)。