funnel
funnel
noun
funnel-like
adjective
语源
noun
- a tube or pipe that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, used for guiding liquid or powder into a small opening
漏斗
■a thing resembling such a tube or pipe in shape or function
漏斗状物；起漏斗作用的东西
a funnel of light fell from a circular ceiling.
漏斗状的光束从圆形的天花板射入。
■a metal chimney on a ship or steam engine
（船、蒸汽机车上的）烟囱
- [with obj. and adverbial of direction]guide or channel (something) through or as if through a funnel
通过漏斗将…导入；似通过漏斗般输送
some $12.8 billion was funnelled through the Marshall Plan.
约128亿美元通过马歇尔计划输送出来了。
■[no obj., with adverbial of direction]move or be guided through or as if through a funnel
通过漏斗流入（或被导向）；似通过漏斗般流入（或被导向）
the wind funnelled down through the valley.
风从山谷吹过。
■[no obj.]assume the shape of a funnel by widening or narrowing at the end
（一端逐渐扩大或收缩）形成漏斗状
the crevice funnelled out.
裂缝的一端扩大了。
funnel-like
adjective
语源
- late Middle English: apparently via Old French from Provençal fonilh, from late Latin fundibulum, from Latin infundibulum, from infundere, from in- 'into' + fundere 'pour'
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