siphon

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

siphonssyphon

1.
A bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another.
2.
A soda siphon.
3.
(botany, zoology) A tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants.

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verb

V_es/s

siphons

V_ing/Gerund

siphoning

V_ed/pp

siphonedsyphon

1.
(transitive)To transfer (liquid) by means of a siphon.
He used a rubber tube to siphon petrol from the car's fuel tank.
2.
(broadly, transitive)(transitive, by extension) To transfer directly.
3.
(figuratively, often, transitive)(transitive, figurative, often with "off") To steal or skim off something, such as money, in small amounts; to embezzle.
Đồng nghĩa: misappropriate

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antisiphonmicrosiphonprosiphonpseudosiphonsiphonage siphonal siphonatesiphonersiphonet siphoniform siphonless siphonlike siphonostelesiphonousjet siphonsiphon condensersiphon cupsiphon recordersiphonic siphoniferous

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle French siphon, from Old French sifon, from Latin sīphō, from Ancient Greek σίφων (pipe, tube), of uncertain origin; possibly related to tibia, with the irregular forms suggesting a non-Indo-European loan source, perhaps of the shape *twi-, *twibh.