canal

英 [kəˈnæl]

美 [kəˈnæl]

n.  运河; 灌溉渠; 导管; 食道; 气管

复数：canals　现在分词：canalling　过去式：canalled　第三人称单数：canals　过去分词：canalled　

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Collins.2 / BNC.2963 / COCA.5394

牛津词典

noun

• 运河；灌溉渠
  a long straight passage dug in the ground and filled with water for boats and ships to travel along; a smaller passage used for carrying water to fields, crops, etc.
  1. the Panama/Suez Canal
     巴拿马 / 苏伊士运河
  2. an irrigation canal
     一条灌溉渠
• 导管；食道；气管
  a tube inside the body through which liquid, food or air can pass

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 运河;水道;沟渠
  Acanalis a long, narrow stretch of water that has been made for boats to travel along or to bring water to a particular area.
  1. ...the Grand Union Canal.
     大联盟运河
  2. ...Venetian canals and bridges.
     威尼斯水道和桥梁
• N-COUNT (人体内输送食物、空气等的)管,道
  Acanalis a narrow tube inside your body for carrying food, air, or other substances.
  1. ...delaying the food's progress through the alimentary canal.
     延缓食物通过消化道

英英释义

noun

• long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
• a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
  1. the tear duct was obstructed
  2. the alimentary canal
  3. poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs
  Synonym:ductepithelial ductchannel
• (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels

verb

• provide (a city) with a canal
  Synonym:canalizecanalise

双语例句

• The two towns are linked by a canal.
  两个城镇有运河相连。
• The canal is now open.
  运河开航了。
• The result was that the engine ended up at the bottom of the canal
  结果引擎最终沉到了运河底。
• It won't take a lot of manpower to construct this irrigation canal.
  修建这条渠道不需要很多人工。
• The canal has proved useful to the county in many ways.
  这条水渠给这个县带来的好处是多方面的。
• The best place to catch fish on a canal is close to a lock
  运河上捕鱼的最佳地点是靠近水闸的地方。
• The rough rock walls were like the sides of a deep canal
  凸凹不平的石墙就像一条很深的运河的河岸。
• The canal is blocked.
  该运河阻塞不通。
• He had tied the dog to one of the trees near the canal
  他把狗拴在了沟旁的一棵树上。
• The grand canal runs through his hometown.
  大运河流经他的家乡。