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漏斗
A funnel is an object with a wide, circular top and a narrow short tube at the bottom. Funnels are used to pour liquids into containers which have a small opening, for example bottles.
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(蒸汽輪船或機車的)煙囪
A funnel is a metal chimney on a ship or railway engine powered by steam.
例句
...a merchantman with three masts and two funnels.
一艘有3根桅桿和兩個煙囪的商船
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漏斗狀物
You can describe as a funnel something that is narrow, or narrow at one end, through which a substance flows and is directed.
例句
These fires create convection funnels, and throw a lot of particles into the upper atmosphere.
這些火焰造成了對流漏斗，把許多微粒拋向上層大氣。
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(使)通過狹窄空間
If something funnels somewhere or is funnelled there, it is directed through a narrow space.
例句
The winds came from the north, across the plains, funnelling down the valley...
風從北方吹來，刮過平原，穿過山谷。
High tides in the North Sea were funnelled down into the English Channel by a storm.
北海高漲的潮水被一場風暴推涌進英吉利海峽。
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輸送，傳送(金錢、貨物或信息)
If you funnel money, goods, or information from one place or group to another, you cause it to be sent there as it becomes available.
例句
Its Global Programme on AIDS funnelled money from donors to governments...
其全球艾滋病項目把捐款發放給各國政府。
He secretly funnelled credit-card information to counterfeiters.
他偷偷地把信用卡信息傳遞給造假者。