canal
canal 英 [kəˈnæl] 美 [kəˈnæl]
n. 运河
进行时:canalling 过去式:canalled 过去分词:canalled 第三人称单数:canals 名词复数:canals
- A canal is a long, man-made strip of water used for irrigation or boat access to a bigger body of water, like the famous Erie Canal, which connects the Hudson River to Lake Erie.
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- n. 运河
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1. The Panama canal joins two oceans.
巴拿马运河连通两大洋。
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2. The canal is blocked.
该运河阻塞不通。
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3. Our ship used the canal to transit to the east.
我们的船通过这条运河驶往东方。
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4. the Panama Canal, the Suez Canal
巴拿马╱苏伊士运河
- canal (n.) early 15c., in anatomy, "tubular passage in the body through which fluids or solids pass;" mid-15c., "a pipe for liquid;" from French canal, chanel "water channel, tube, pipe, gutter" (12c.), from Latin canalis "water pipe, groove, channel," noun use of adjective from canna "reed" (see cane (n.)). Sense transferred by 1670s to "artificial waterway for irrigation or navigation."
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