funnel

漏斗、じょうご

上が広く下が細い管になった、液体などを小さな口に注ぐ道具。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： plastic funnel, use a funnel, funnel for something, metal funnel

注ぎ込む、振り向ける

お金や努力、感情などを特定の場所や目的に向けて注ぐこと。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： funnel something into something (The charity funnels donations into housing projects.); funnel something through something (They funnelled the payments through a foreign bank.)

類義語： channel, direct

よく使う表現： funnel money into something, funnel resources towards something, funnel something through something

漏斗で注ぐ

液体や細かい粒を、上が広く下が細い道具に通して注ぐこと。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： funnel something into something (He funnelled the juice into a clean bottle.)

類義語： pour

よく使う表現： funnel oil into something, funnel something through something