Funnel
['fʌn(ə)l] or ['fʌnl]
解释:
(noun.) (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship).
(noun.) a conically shaped utensil having a narrow tube at the small end; used to channel the flow of substances into a container with a small mouth.
(noun.) a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends.
(verb.) move or pour through a funnel; 'funnel the liquid into the small bottle'.
巴兹尔录入--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) A vessel of the shape of an inverted hollow cone, terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying liquids into a close vessel; a tunnel.
(v. t.) A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the iron chimney of a steamship or the like.
埃文编辑
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Tunnel.[2]. Chimney-flue.[3]. Stove-pipe.
爱德温录入
解释:
n. (prov.) the offspring of a stallion and a she-ass.—Also Fumm′el.
n. a tube or passage for the escape of smoke &c.: an instrument (smaller at one end than the other) for pouring fluids into bottles &c.—adj. Funn′elled provided with a funnel.—n. Funn′el-net a net shaped like a funnel.
录入:内丽
例句:
- Heat the water in two or more boilers, as a large quantity will be required, and pour it in through the tube on top of the incubator boiling hot, using a funnel in the tube for the purpose. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- There are two ways of contracting a chimney; one by contracting the opening _before_ the fire, the other by contracting the funnel _above_ the fire. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- I started for the oil-room, when, about entering, I saw a small funnel lying on the floor. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- And I might as well have spoken to the iron funnel of the strongest sea-going steamer that passes the Fellowship Porters. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- This funnel opening leads into a wooden canal or gutter, the main stem of which runs on an incline the length of the table underneath. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- I took it off, and making a sketch, went to Dave Cunningham, having the funnel in my hand to illustrate what I wanted made. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- In the centrifugal skimmer the milk is continuously poured in through a funnel, and the cream runs out continuously through one spout, and the skimmed milk at the other. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- It was a machine mounted on two wheels, that had a seed box in the bottom of which was a series of holes opening into a corresponding number of metal tubes or funnels. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- And as to tube and metal bending, there are wonderful machines which bend sheets of metal into great tubes, funnels, ship masts and cylinders. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- These converging horns or funnels, with a large speaking-trumpet in between them, are mounted on a tripod, and the megaphone is complete. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- The _Megaphone_ of Edison appeared, consisting of two large funnels having elastic conducting tubes from their apices to the aural orifice. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
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