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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
funnel
fun·nel [funnel funnels funnelled funneled funnelling funneling] noun, verb BrE [ˈfʌnl] NAmE [ˈfʌnl] noun 1. a device that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, used for pouring liquids or powders into a small opening 2. (BrE) (also smoke·stack NAmE, BrE)a metal ↑chimney, for example on a ship or an engine, through which smoke comes out Word Origin: late Middle English: apparently via Old French from Provençal fonilh, from late Latin fundibulum, from Latin infundibulum, from infundere, from in- ‘into’ + fundere ‘pour’. verb (-ll-, especially US -l-)intransitive, transitive to move or make sth move through a narrow space, or as if through a ↑funnel •(+ adv./prep.) Wind was funnelling through the gorge. •~ sth (+ adv./prep.) Huge pipes funnel the water down the mountainside. •Barricades funnelled the crowds towards the square. • (figurative)Some $10 million in aid was funnelled into the country through government agencies. Verb forms: Word Origin: late Middle English: apparently via Old French from Provençal fonilh, from late Latin fundibulum, from Latin infundibulum, from infundere, from in- ‘into’ + fundere ‘pour’. See also: ↑smokestack
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