siphon /ˈsaɪfən/ (also syphon) TEM8 ( siphoning, siphoned, siphons )

• 1. 

  V-T If you siphon liquid from a container, you make it come out through a tube and down into a lower container by enabling the pressure of the air on it to push it out. 用虹吸管抽吸

  例：

  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。

• 2. 

  PHRASAL VERB Siphon off means the same as . 用虹吸管抽吸

  例：

  Surgeons siphoned off fluid from his left lung.

  外科医生用虹吸管从他的左肺吸出液体。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A siphon is a tube that you use for siphoning liquid. 虹吸管

• 4. 

  V-T If you siphon money or resources from something, you cause them to be used for a purpose for which they were not intended. 抽走 (金钱或资源)

  例：

  He siphoned $1.2 billion from his companies to prop up his crumbling media empire.

  他从他所有的公司抽调12亿美元用来支持他摇摇欲坠的媒体王国。

• 5. 

  PHRASAL VERB Siphon off means the same as . 抽走 (金钱或资源)

  例：

  He had siphoned off a small fortune in aid money from the United Nations.

  他从联合国援助基金中抽走了一小笔钱。