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Funnel Narrow Pour Funnelled Money N Count 可数名词 Adv/Prep

英语单词 funnel
英美音标 英 ['fʌnl] 美 ['fʌnl]
中文释义 n.漏斗;漏斗状物;烟囱
vt.使成漏斗状;使经过漏斗
vi.形成漏斗状;经过漏斗
英语例句 (1) I need a funnel to pour petrol into the tank.
(2) The top of the funnel is connected to a tube.
(3) An engine emits smoke from its funnel into the air.
(4) A thread of smoke was wisping out of the funnel.
(5) He funnelled his hands.
(6) Huge pipes funnel the water down the mountainside.
(7) The water funnelled through the gorge and out onto the plain.
中文例句 (1) 我需要一个漏斗把汽油灌进油箱。
(2) 这漏斗的顶上接了一根管子。
(3) 机车通过烟囱把烟排入空气里。
(4) 一缕清烟从烟囱里袅袅而上。
(5) 他把手弄成漏斗状。
(6) 巨大的管道把水沿山坡输送下山。
(7) 水穿过峡谷流到平原。
vocabulary简明 The cone-shaped tool you use to pour liquid into a small hole is a funnel. The swirling winds of a tornado make the shape of a funnel. This is why they are called funnel clouds.
vocabulary扩展 You can also use the word metaphorically to describe something that goes from wide to narrow while moving. If six lanes of traffic must funnel through a tunnel, you'll probably see a traffic jam. And if you photographed the scene from above, the cars would make a triangular shape, as if they formed a flat funnel. If a company is funneling money into research and development, it is spending lots of money in that department. Funnel cake is made by pouring batter through a funnel in to hot oil. Yum!
柯林斯解释
in AM, use 美国英语用funneling, funneled
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]漏斗 A funnel is an object with a wide, circular top and a narrow short tube at the bottom. Funnels are used to pour liquids into containers which have a small opening, for example bottles.
    2
    [N-COUNT 可数名词](蒸汽轮船或机车的)烟囱 A funnel is a metal chimney on a ship or railway engine powered by steam.
    • ...a merchantman with three masts and two funnels.

      一艘有3根桅杆和两个烟囱的商船

    3
    [N-COUNT 可数名词]漏斗状物 You can describe as a funnel something that is narrow, or narrow at one end, through which a substance flows and is directed.
    • These fires create convection funnels, and throw a lot of particles into the upper atmosphere.

      这些火焰造成了对流漏斗,把许多微粒抛向上层大气。

    4
    [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)通过狭窄空间 If something funnels somewhere or is funnelled there, it is directed through a narrow space.
      [V adv/prep]
      [be V-ed adv/prep]
      [Also V n adv/prep]
    • The winds came from the north, across the plains, funnelling down the valley...

      风从北方吹来,刮过平原,穿过山谷。

    • High tides in the North Sea were funnelled down into the English Channel by a storm.

      北海高涨的潮水被一场风暴推涌进英吉利海峡。

    5
    [VERB 动词]输送,传送(金钱、货物或信息) If you funnel money, goods, or information from one place or group to another, you cause it to be sent there as it becomes available.
      [V n prep/adv]
    • Its Global Programme on AIDS funnelled money from donors to governments...

      其全球艾滋病项目把捐款发放给各国政府。

    • He secretly funnelled credit-card information to counterfeiters.

      他偷偷地把信用卡信息传递给造假者。

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