funnel

英語

funnel (1)

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• (英國) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈfʌnəl/

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• 韻部：-ʌnəl

詞源 1

源自中古英語 funell、fonel，可能經由古法語 *founel（對比中古法語 fonel、古奧克語 fonilh、enfounilh），源自拉丁語 fundibulum、infundibulum (「漏斗」)，源自infundere (「倒入」)；in (「內」) + fundere (「傾倒」)，對比布列塔尼語 founilh (「漏斗」)、威爾士語 ffynel (「氣孔，煙囪」)。參見fuse。

名詞

funnel (複數 funnels)

1. 漏斗
2. 管道；煙囪 （尤指蒸汽船等上的煙囪）

衍生詞彙

派生自名詞

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

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

參見

• tundish

動詞

funnel (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 funnels，現在分詞 funnelling 或 funneling，一般過去時及過去分詞 funnelled 或 funneled)

1. (及物) 使用漏斗、管道或煙囪
2. (不及物) 穿過 （穿過像漏斗、煙囪一般狹窄的地方）

   Expect delays where the traffic funnels down to one lane.

   車流都擠到一條車道上了，所以可能會晚。

   • 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) 導向，引導到 （資金，資源，感情等）

   Our taxes are being funnelled into pointless government initiatives.

   （請為本使用例添加中文翻譯）

   • 2018 6月 16, Fiona Sturges, 「Cattleprods! Severed tongues! Torture porn! Why I’ve stopped watching the Handmaid’s Tale」, 出自 Katharine Viner 編, The Guardian‎^[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC，於5 February 2020歸檔自原頁面:

     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.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

4. (及物) 用漏斗喝 （常指聚會上活躍氛圍的活動）
   • 2013, Jonathan Caren, The Recommendation，頁號 31:

     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.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

衍生詞彙

• refunnel

詞源 2

名詞

funnel (複數 funnels)

1. fummel (「雜種動物」)的另一種寫法