0 a tube that is bent in the shape of an "n", with each end in a separate container at two different levels, so that liquid can be pulled up into it from the higher container and go down through it into the lower container
1 to remove liquid from a container using a siphon
2 a bent tube for moving liquid from a higher container to a lower container, using gravity to keep the liquid flowing through the tube
4 to take money, especially dishonestly, and use it for a purpose for which it was not intended:
5 to remove a liquid from one place and put it in another using a pipe or tube:
One simply siphons the excess thoughts from one's mind, pours them into the basin and examines them at one's own leisure.
Most of the additional motoring taxes are being siphoned off to pay for their disastrously expensive welfare policies.
Regrettably, little mention has been made in the debate of the effect upon our local newspapers of siphoning off advertising revenue to local broadcasting stations.
I seek an assurance that the funding for 16-year-olds will not be siphoned off from the funding of other age groups.
They know that the capital resources that they could use profitably are not available because they are siphoned elsewhere.
We have learned from it that the residents need to be siphoned off to a variety of different hostels.
I also noticed rehabilitation beds lying empty because the funding had been siphoned off elsewhere in the hospital, which suggests that all is not well.
Will she undertake to fund the hard-pressed health authorities in order to avoid money being siphoned off from patient care to other areas?
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虹吸管, 蘇打水瓶,汽水瓶(同 soda siphon), 用虹吸管吸取,用虹吸管抽取…
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虹吸管, 苏打水瓶,汽水瓶(同 soda siphon), 用虹吸管吸取,用虹吸管抽取…
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sifón, sifón de soda, sacar con sifón…
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sifão, sifão de água com gás, tirar com um sifão…
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siphon, siphon (d’eau gazeuse), siphonner…
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