英语词汇“siphonal”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

siphon or syphon /sīˈfən/

noun

A bent tube or channel by which a liquid may be drawn off over a higher point to a lower level

A tubular organ for intake and output of water, as in lamellibranchs

An aerated-water bottle that discharges by a siphon

transitive verb

(often with off) to convey, remove by means of (or as if by means of) a siphon

To divert (funds, money, etc)

ORIGIN: Gr sīphōn, siphōn siphon

sīˈphonage noun

sīˈphonal or sīphonˈic adjective

Sīphonapˈtera plural noun

The flea order of insects

sīphonapˈteran noun and adjective

sīˈphonate adjective

Having a siphon

sīˈphonet noun

An aphid's honeydew tube

sīphonˈogam noun

A seed plant

sīphonogˈamy noun (botany)

Fertilization by pollen tube

sīˈphonophore (or /sī-fonˈ/) noun

A colonial hydrozoan of the order Siphonophora

sīphonostele /-stēˈlē or -stēlˈ/ noun (botany)

A hollow cylinder of vascular tissue

sīˈphuncle noun