funnel

Trichter

Ein Hilfsmittel mit weiter Öffnung und engem Rohr, um Stoffe in kleine Öffnungen zu füllen.

In einfachem Englisch: A tool with a wide top and narrow tube, used to pour things into small openings.

• Use a funnel to fill the bottle.
• She poured the oil through a funnel.
• The plastic funnel has a narrow tube.

Häufige Wendungen: plastic funnel, use a funnel, funnel for something, metal funnel

leiten, lenken

Geld, Mühe, Gefühle oder andere Dinge auf einen bestimmten Ort oder Zweck richten.

In einfachem Englisch: To direct money, effort, feelings, or other things towards a particular place or purpose.

• They funnel money into local schools.
• She funnelled her frustration into painting.
• Funds were funnelled through several different accounts.

So benutzt man es: funnel something into something (The charity funnels donations into housing projects.); funnel something through something (They funnelled the payments through a foreign bank.)

Synonyme: channel, direct

Häufige Wendungen: funnel money into something, funnel resources towards something, funnel something through something

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Eine Flüssigkeit oder kleine Körner durch ein Hilfsmittel mit weiter Öffnung und engem Rohr leiten.

In einfachem Englisch: To pass a liquid or small loose pieces through a tool with a wide top and narrow tube.

• Funnel the oil into the bottle.
• She funnelled the sugar into a jar.
• Can you funnel this liquid through the narrow opening?

So benutzt man es: funnel something into something (He funnelled the juice into a clean bottle.)

Synonyme: pour

Häufige Wendungen: funnel oil into something, funnel something through something