channel

channel, strait

名词 channel:

1. a path over which electrical signals can pass
   同义词：transmission channel
2. a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
3. a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
   同义词：groove
4. a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels
5. (often plural) a means of communication or access
   同义词：communication channel, line
6. a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
   同义词：duct, epithelial duct, canal
7. a television station and its programs
   同义词：television channel, TV channel
8. a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
   同义词：distribution channel

动词 channel:

1. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
   同义词：conduct, transmit, convey, carry
2. direct the flow of
   同义词：canalize, canalise
3. send from one person or place to another
   同义词：transmit, transfer, transport, channelize, channelise

1. This channel comes on the air every morning at 7 am.
   这个频道每天早晨7点钟开始播放。
2. Ships must follow the channel into the port.
   船只必须沿航道进入港口。

channel

n.Abbr. chan.（名词）缩写 chan.
The bed of a stream or river.
河床，河槽
The deeper part of a river or harbor, especially a deep navigable passage.
深水航道：河流或港湾较深部分，尤指深水航道
A broad strait, especially one that connects two seas.
海峡：宽的海峡，尤指沟通两大海域者
A trench, furrow, or groove.
沟渠，沟槽
A tubular passage for liquids; a conduit.
水管：液体流过的管道；引水道
A course or passage through which something may move or be directed:
途径，路径，方法：途径或渠道，通过它事物移动或导引某物：
例句：
new channels of thought; a reliable channel of information.
新的思维途径；可靠的信息渠道

Often channels A route of communication or access:
常作 channels 沟通渠道：交流或接近的渠道：
例句：
took her request through official channels.
通过官方渠道采纳她的要求

Electronics A specified frequency band for the transmission and reception of electromagnetic signals, as for television signals.
【电子学】 频道，波道：传送和接收电磁信号的一特定的频率波段，如电视信号
The medium through which a spirit guide purportedly communicates with the physical world.
灵媒：精神导师进行据称与物质世界的交流所凭借的媒介
A rolled metal bar with a bracket-shaped section.
金属棒：有弧状部分的弯曲的金属棒或条
v.tr.（及物动词）
chan.neled 也作 chan.nelled chan.nel.ing chan.nel.ling chan.nels chan.nels
To make or cut channels in.
在…挖沟，在…上开筑水道
To form a groove or flute in.
在…上开槽
To direct or guide along some desired course:
引导，指导：使经过某种路线行动或引导：
例句：
channels her curiosity into research.
将她的好奇心引导到研究上去

To serve as a medium for (a spirit guide).
作为灵媒：做（精神导师的）媒介

来源：
Middle English chanel
中古英语 chanel
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin can3lis * see canal
源自 拉丁语 can3lis *参见 canal

【引伸】
chan.neler
n.（名词）

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channel
channel 2

n.Nautical （名词）【航海】
A wood or steel ledge projecting from a sailing ship`s sides to spread the shrouds and keep them clear of the gunwales.
桅侧支索牵条：大型帆船两侧支撑左右支索以使其离开甲板边缘的一种突出的木架或钢架

来源：
Alteration of obsolete chainwale
废语 chainwale的变化
chain
chain
wale
wale