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syphon 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. siphon: a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that atmospheric pressure forces the liquid through the tube
  2. siphon: convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon
  3. siphon: a tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled
  4. The word siphon (also spelled syphon) sometimes refers to a wide variety of devices that allow the flow of liquids through tubes. ...
  5. A length of tube that uses gravity to move water from one location to another. Also, the organs used by some mollusks to inhale and exhale water.
  6. To draw off of, take away or channel from.
  7. In its simplest form no more than a plastic tube through which a clear wine or beer can be conveyed from a jar containing sediment into a clean jar or bottle.