(also syphon)Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense siphons, present participle siphoning, past tense, past participle siphoned
1VERB 通过虹吸管吸(或输送、抽干) 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. 通过虹吸管吸(或输送、抽干)
She puts a piece of plastic tubing in her mouth and starts siphoning gas from a huge metal drum. [VERB noun prep.]
她把一根塑料管放进嘴里,开始从一个巨大的金属桶里吸气。
Tell Mac to siphon petrol out of his wagon. [VERB noun prep.]
让马克把他车里的汽油抽出来。
Siphon off means the same as siphon.siphon off 同 siphon
Surgeons siphoned off fluid from his left lung.
外科医生抽出了他左肺中的积液。
The water had to be siphoned off.
得把水抽出来。
2N-COUNT 虹吸管 A siphon is a tube that you use for siphoning liquid. 虹吸管
3VERB 抽取,抽出,挪用(金钱或资源) If you siphon money or resources from something, you cause them to be used for a purpose for which they were not intended. 抽取,抽出,挪用(金钱或资源) [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
He had siphoned thousands of pounds a week from the failing business. [VERB noun prep.]
他一周之内从这家濒临破产的企业里抽走了数千英镑的资金。
They siphon foreign aid money into their personal bank accounts. [VERB noun prep.]
他们把国外救济金非法转入了个人银行账户。
Siphon off means the same as siphon .siphon off 同 siphon
He had siphoned off a small fortune in aid money from the United Nations.