funnel

1. N-COUNT 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. 漏鬭

Rain falls through the funnel into the jar below. 雨水通過漏鬭落進下麪的罐子裡。

2. N-COUNT A funnel is a metal chimney on a ship or railway engine powered by steam. (蒸汽輪船或火車機車的) 菸囪

...a ship with three masts and two funnels. …一艘有3根桅杆和2個菸囪的輪船。

3. N-COUNT You can describe as a funnel something that is narrow, or narrow at one end, through which a substance flows and is directed. 漏鬭狀物

Along the road, funnels of dark grey smoke rose from bombed villages. 沿那條公路，暗灰色菸成漏鬭狀從遭到轟炸的村莊裡陞起。

4. V-T/V-I If something funnels somewhere or is funnelled there, it is directed through a narrow space. 使經過狹窄空間; 經過狹窄空間

The winds came from the north, across the plains, funnelling down the valley. 風從北方吹來，刮過平原，穿過山穀。

5. V-T 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. 傳送 (資金、商品、信息等)

He secretly funnelled credit-card information to counterfeiters. 他秘密地將信用卡信息傳送給了偽造者們。