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单词

siphon

读音
ˈsaɪfn
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释义

n. 虹吸管 vi. 通过虹吸管 vt. 用虹吸管吸出;抽取 n. (Siphon)人名;(老、柬)西蓬 [ 复数 siphons 第三人称单数 siphons 现在分词 siphoning 过去式 siphoned 过去分词 siphoned ]

例句

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。
"Close the siphon".
关掉虹吸管。
The big clubs siphon off all the best players.
大俱乐部把所有最佳选手都抽调走了。

强化记忆

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Geothermal heat pumps pipe water or antifreeze liquidthrough this layer of earth to siphon its energy.These liquids are then pumped through local infrastructure,
Squid gills rest inside the mantle,and siphon oxygen from the water being pushed past them.With gills full of air and a mantle full of water,
a host of fine-tuned ringsmay each siphon off a slightly different wavelength of lightand send it to a partner light detector.
Mistletoe relies on modified roots called haustoriathat penetrate the tree bark and siphon off the water and mineralstrees carry up their trunks.
And when you used to find these things,they would put a label on a map that said terminal siphon.Now I remember that term really well for two reasons.
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