funnel

英语

funnel (1)

发音

• (英国) 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈfʌnəl/

• （美国）音频：

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• 韵部：-ʌnəl

词源 1

源自中古英语 funell、fonel，可能经由古法语 *founel（对比中古法语 fonel、古奥克语 fonilh、enfounilh），源自拉丁语 fundibulum、infundibulum (“漏斗”)，源自infundere (“倒入”)；in (“内”) + fundere (“倾倒”)，对比布列塔尼语 founilh (“漏斗”)、威尔士语 ffynel (“气孔，烟囱”)。参见fuse。

名词

funnel (复数 funnels)

1. 漏斗
2. 管道；烟囱 （尤指蒸汽船等上的烟囱）

衍生词汇

派生自名词

• funnel box
• funnel cake
• funnel chart
• funnel mark

• funnel plot
• funnel stay
• funnel trap
• purchase funnel

参见

• tundish

动词

funnel (第三人称单数简单现在时 funnels，现在分词 funnelling 或 funneling，一般过去时及过去分词 funnelled 或 funneled)

1. (及物) 使用漏斗、管道或烟囱
2. (不及物) 穿过 （穿过像漏斗、烟囱一般狭窄的地方）

   Expect delays where the traffic funnels down to one lane.

   车流都挤到一条车道上了，所以可能会晚。

   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]

     A line of clocks in our cheap hotel displays the time in Lagos, Bucharest, Kiev: the capitals of pilgrims who come to kneel at the birthplace of Christ. In reality the entire world funnels through the Church of the Nativity.

3. (及物) 导向，引导到 （资金，资源，感情等）

   Our taxes are being funnelled into pointless government initiatives.

   （请为本使用例添加中文翻译）

   • 2018年6月16日, Fiona Sturges, “Cattleprods! Severed tongues! Torture porn! Why I’ve stopped watching the Handmaid’s Tale”, 出自 Katharine Viner 编, The Guardian‎^[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC，于5 February 2020归档自原页面:

     Like so many others, I was awestruck by the first season, which captured a moment in time and successfully funnelled its rage outwards at a world in which women are indeed silenced, controlled and killed by men.

     （请为本引文添加中文翻译）

4. (及物) 用漏斗喝 （常指聚会上活跃氛围的活动）
   • 2013, Jonathan Caren, The Recommendation，第 31 页:

     The first time he did it was to this freshman Kevin Ryers and we all just burst out laughing, watching Kevin try to funnel a beer.

     （请为本引文添加中文翻译）

衍生词汇

• refunnel

词源 2

名词

funnel (复数 funnels)

1. fummel (“杂种动物”)的另一种写法