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

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 river is connected to the Amazon system by a canal.
一条运河把该河与亚马逊水系连接起来。
Long-mothballed projects like widening the Suez Canal are being dusted off.
诸如拓宽苏伊士运河等长期束之高阁的计划正被重新采用。
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。
Egypt seemed to have established an unbroken line about five miles across the Suez canal.
埃及似乎已经在苏伊士运河以东五英里处建立起一条连续不断的防线。
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 canal was built between 1793 and 1797
运河开凿于1793到1797年间。
The minister presented the canal situation chart to the emperor.
大臣向皇帝进呈运河形势图。
The grand canal runs through his hometown.
大运河流经他的家乡。
He had the disease of alimentary canal.
他患了消化道疾病。