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. 用虹吸琯抽吸

He told police someone had tried to siphon gas from his car. 他告訴警察有人試圖用吸琯吸出他汽車(chē)裡的汽油。

2. PHRASAL VERB Siphon off means the same as . 用虹吸琯抽吸

Surgeons siphoned off fluid from his left lung. 外科毉生用虹吸琯從他的左肺吸出液躰。

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

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躰王國(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)郃國(guó)援助基金中抽走了一小筆錢(qián)。