n.[C]

1. 虹吸管
2. 【动】虹管，水管
3. 虹吸瓶，苏打水瓶

vt.

1. 用虹吸管吸出（或输送）；抽取，分出[（+off/out）]
   We need a new road to siphon off some of the traffic from the town center.

   我们需要一条新路分流市中心的行人车辆。

vi.

1. 通过虹吸管，由虹吸管输送

n.

1. a tube used to convey liquid upwards from a container and then down to a lower level, the flow being forced initially by suction or immersion and maintained by the different fluid pressures at the tube openings.
2. Zoology  a tubular organ in an aquatic animal through which water is drawn in or expelled.

v.

1. draw off or convey (liquid) by means of a siphon.
2. draw off (small amounts of money) over a period of time, especially illicitly:
   he's been siphoning money off the firm.