funnel

名词 funnel:

1. a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends
   同义词：funnel shape
2. a conically shaped utensil having a narrow tube at the small end; used to channel the flow of substances into a container with a small mouth
3. (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship)

动词 funnel:

1. move or pour through a funnel

1. State authorities yesterday pulled the plug on a Manhattan money-wiring operation that allegedly funneled millions of dollars to and from banks in the Dominican Republic, mainly for use by drug dealers.
   州政府当局昨天勒令曼哈顿一家电汇款项的商号歇业。据说其与多米尼加共和国数家银行往来调动美金数百万地，主要供毒贩使用。
2. I need a funnel to pour petrol into the tank.
   我需要一个漏斗把汽油灌进油箱。

fun.nel

n.（名词）

A conical utensil having a small hole or narrow tube at the apex and used to channel the flow of a substance, as into a small-mouthed container.
漏斗：一种顶端有一小洞或窄管用于输导流动物质进入小口容器的圆锥形器皿
Something resembling this utensil in shape.
漏斗状物：外形象漏斗的物体
A shaft, flue, or stack for ventilation or the passage of smoke, especially the smokestack of a ship or locomotive.
烟囱，通风井：尤指轮船或机车上的用来通风或排烟的通风井、烟道或排气管
v.（动词）
fun.neled 或 fun.nelled fun.nel.ing 或 fun.nel.ling fun.nels 或 fun.nels
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To take the shape of a funnel.
成漏斗状的
To move through or as if through a funnel:
经过漏斗：流经漏斗或似流经漏斗：
例句：
tourists funneling slowly through customs.
旅游者象水流过漏斗一样慢慢地经过了海关检查

v.tr.（及物动词）
To cause to take the shape of a funnel.
使成漏斗状
To cause to move through or as if through a funnel.
使或使看似流经漏斗

来源：
Middle English fonel
中古英语 fonel
from Provenôal fonilh
源自 普罗旺斯语 fonilh
from Late Latin fundibulum
源自 后期拉丁语 fundibulum
from Latin onfundibulum
源自 拉丁语 onfundibulum
from onfundere [to pour in] * see infuse
源自 onfundere [注入] *参见 infuse