siphonsyphon

vt

1. 用虹吸管吸

• siphon petrol out of a car into a can 用虹吸管把汽车里的油吸到罐里

2. 非法调用；分出

• The corrupt officials siphoned off money secretly from the public funds for private business ventures. 那个腐败的官员从公共基金里抽出钱款供私人投资。