音标:[,saifә'net] ;
n. [昆](蚜虫的)腹管,蜜管
n. One of the two dorsal tubular organs on the hinder part
of the abdomen of aphids. They give exit to the honeydew. See Illust.
under Aphis.

1. BP says it expects to siphon oil from a gushing well in the Gulf of Mexico later tonight. The company says it has had some trouble inserting a tube into the broken well, but it now says it expects to reinsert the siphon Saturday. 2. The government

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BP oil company has announced its first major success in containing a massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Engineers inserted a metal tube into a broken pipe on the sea floor, to siphon oil into a ship on the surface. BP engineers implemented the f

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