capillary action

基本解釋

When air cools at night, dew collects on the lizard’s skin and is pulled to its mouth by capillary action.
待晚間空氣溫度下降，凝結(jié)在蜥蜴皮膚上的露珠就可以通過毛細(xì)管作用輸送到它的口中。
In French botanist Patrick Blanc’s vertical gardens, mesh-supported systems of felt, pipes, and valves deliver hydroponic nutrients to roots by capillary action.
在法國植物學(xué)家Patrick Blanc的垂直花園中，篩網(wǎng)支撐的油氈、管道和閥門系統(tǒng)通過毛細(xì)管向根部輸送水培營養(yǎng)。
They discovered that when the nanotubes were just touching the glue, they sucked it up by capillary action, the same physical mechanism by which plants draw water from the soil.
他們發(fā)現(xiàn)，當(dāng)納米管剛接觸到聚合膠的時候兩者由于毛細(xì)引力相互吸引，其物理機制和植物從土壤中吸取水分是一樣。