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　

Collins.2 / BNC.2963 / COCA.5394

牛津词典

noun

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

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

The canal was built between 1793 and 1797
运河开凿于1793到1797年间。
Egypt has lost out on revenues from the Suez Canal.
埃及在苏伊士运河上的收益上受了损。
The two counties have the canal as their common boundary.
两县以运河分界。
The canal followed a circuitous route.
运河沿河道迂回。
He had the disease of alimentary canal.
他患了消化道疾病。
The canal is blocked.
该运河阻塞不通。
They were on their way to the Shropshire Union Canal when their van was involved in a collision with a car
在去往什罗普郡联盟运河的路上，他们的小货车与一辆小车相撞。
The two towns are linked by a canal.
两个城镇有运河相连。
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。
How many man-days will be needed to construct this irrigation canal?
修这条渠道要多少人工？