capillary action

基本解释

When air cools at night, dew collects on the lizard’s skin and is pulled to its mouth by capillary action.
待晚间空气温度下降，凝结在蜥蜴皮肤上的露珠就可以通过毛细管作用输送到它的口中。
In French botanist Patrick Blanc’s vertical gardens, mesh-supported systems of felt, pipes, and valves deliver hydroponic nutrients to roots by capillary action.
在法国植物学家Patrick Blanc的垂直花园中，筛网支撑的油毡、管道和阀门系统通过毛细管向根部输送水培营养。
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.
他们发现，当纳米管刚接触到聚合胶的时候两者由于毛细引力相互吸引，其物理机制和植物从土壤中吸取水分是一样。