siphon
虹吸管,虹吸,虹吸式,虹吸法
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Definitions
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- : a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- : siphon bottle.
- : a projecting tubular part of some animals, especially certain mollusks, through which liquid enters or leaves the body.
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- : to convey, draw, or pass through or as if through a siphon: to siphon water; to siphon off profits into a secret bank account.
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Examples
After training, his lab witnessed new synaptic growth between the sensory neuron that felt touch and the motor neuron that triggered the siphon withdrawal reflex.
First, they allow Paul to siphon off attention from whichever potential candidate is making news.
What are the economic factors in play when you siphon off access to the coasts?
How sick do you have to be to siphon money away from an event for the needy?
“In order to save the day, I had to siphon gasoline out of a car, which involved me sucking it out of a tube,” said Donahue.
By the end of 1983, Wilson had managed to siphon $300 million of unused Pentagon cash to the Afghan mujahideen.
The homemade siphon shown in the sketch consists of two rubber corks and a glass tube with a rubber hose connected to it.
He was back again in a trice, a flask in one hand, a soda siphon in the other, and a small glass balanced on his thumb.
So saying he dispensed whisky and cigarettes, there being a siphon and glasses, and three matches in a match-stand, on the table.
Now, are we going to discuss this thing rationally, or do you want to hit me with a heavy siphon?
Sir William Thomson's siphon recorder, in all its present completeness, must take rank as a masterpiece of invention.