funnel

entonnoir

Ustensile à ouverture large et tube étroit, permettant de verser des choses dans de petites ouvertures.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : plastic funnel, use a funnel, funnel for something, metal funnel

canaliser, diriger

Diriger de l’argent, des efforts, des sentiments ou d’autres ressources vers un lieu ou un objectif précis.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : funnel something into something (The charity funnels donations into housing projects.); funnel something through something (They funnelled the payments through a foreign bank.)

Synonymes : channel, direct

Expressions courantes : funnel money into something, funnel resources towards something, funnel something through something

verser avec un entonnoir

Faire passer un liquide ou de petits grains dans un ustensile à ouverture large et tube étroit.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : funnel something into something (He funnelled the juice into a clean bottle.)

Synonymes : pour

Expressions courantes : funnel oil into something, funnel something through something