funnel: [15] Etymologically, a funnel is something used for ‘pouring in’. The word comes via Provençal fonilh from Latin infundibulum ‘funnel’. This was a derivative of infundere ‘pour in’, a compound verb formed from in- ‘in’ and fundere ‘pour’ (source of English found ‘melt’, foundry, and fuse). => found, foundry, fuse
funnel (n.)
c. 1400, funell, fonel, from Middle French fonel, apparently a word from a southern French dialect, such as Provençal enfounilh (Weekley calls it "a word from the Southern wine trade"), from Late Latin fundibulum, shortened from Latin infundibulum "a funnel or hopper in a mill," from infundere "pour in," from in- "in" + fundere "pour" (see found (v.2)).
funnel (v.)
1590s, from funnel (n.). Related: Funneled; funneling.
实用例句
1. He poured the petrol into the car through a funnel.
他用一个漏斗把汽油灌入汽车.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. A thread of smoke was wisping out of the funnel.
一缕清烟从烟囱里袅袅而上.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
3. I like the ship with a yellow funnel.
我喜欢那条有黄烟囱的船.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The top of the funnel is connected to a tube.
这漏斗的顶上接了一根管子.
来自辞典例句
5. The funnel - shaped self - potential curve of the Eocene sands is well marked.
