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. 用虹吸管抽吸

He told police someone had tried to siphon gas from his car. 他告诉警察有人试图用吸管吸出他汽车里的汽油。

2. PHRASAL VERB Siphon off means the same as . 用虹吸管抽吸

Surgeons siphoned off fluid from his left lung. 外科医生用虹吸管从他的左肺吸出液体。

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

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 (金钱或资源)

He siphoned $1.2 billion from his companies to prop up his crumbling media empire. 他从他所有的公司抽调12亿美元用来支持他摇摇欲坠的媒体王国。

5. PHRASAL VERB Siphon off means the same as . 抽走 (金钱或资源)

He had siphoned off a small fortune in aid money from the United Nations. 他从联合国援助基金中抽走了一小笔钱。