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funnel

noun
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  1. a device that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, used for pouring liquids or powders into a small opening漏斗
    Topics Scientific researchc2
  2. (also smokestack)
     a metal chimney, for example on a ship or an engine, through which smoke comes out（蒸汽机车或轮船上的）烟囱Topics Transport by waterc2
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: apparently via Old French from Provençal fonilh, from late Latin fundibulum, from Latin infundibulum, from infundere, from in- ‘into’ + fundere ‘pour’.

funnel

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they funnel
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he / she / it funnels
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past simple funnelled
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past participle funnelled
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(US English) past simple funneled
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(US English) past participle funneled
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-ing form funnelling
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(US English) -ing form funneling
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  1. to move or make something move through a narrow space, or as if through a funnel（使）流经狭窄空间，经过漏斗形口子
    • (+ adv./prep.) Wind was funnelling through the gorge.风吹过峡谷。🔊🔊
    • funnel something (+ adv./prep.) Huge pipes funnel the water down the mountainside.巨大的管道把水沿山坡输送下山。🔊🔊
    • Barricades funnelled the crowds towards the square.设置的路障控制人流涌向广场。🔊🔊
    • (figurative) Some $10 million in aid was funnelled into the country through government agencies.约 1 000 万美元援助款已通过政府各部门发放到农村。🔊🔊
    Word Originlate Middle English: apparently via Old French from Provençal fonilh, from late Latin fundibulum, from Latin infundibulum, from infundere, from in- ‘into’ + fundere ‘pour’.