| 单词 | funnel |
| 释义 | funnel —funnellike, adj. /fun"l/, n. , v. , funneled, funneling or (esp. Brit.) funnelled, funnelling. n. 1. a cone-shaped utensil with a tube at the apex for conducting liquid or other substance through a small opening, as into a bottle, jug, or the like. 2. a smokestack, esp. of a steamship. 3. a flue, tube, or shaft, as for ventilation. 4. Eastern New England. a stovepipe. v.t. 5. to concentrate, channel, or focus: They funneled all income into research projects. 6. to pour through or as if through a funnel. v.i. 7. to pass through or as if through a funnel. [1375-1425; late ME fonel < OPr fonilh (Gascon) < VL *fundibulum, for L infundibulum, deriv. of infundere to pour in] |
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