channel

• vt. 引导，开导；形成河道
• n. 通道；频道；海峡

词源同cane, canal.

1. a path over which electrical signals can pass;

"a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company"

2. a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through;

"the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"

"gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street"

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)

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;

"the ship went aground in the channel"

5. (often plural) a means of communication or access;

"it must go through official channels"

"lines of communication were set up between the two firms"

6. a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance;

"the tear duct was obstructed"

"the alimentary canal"

"poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs"

7. a television station and its programs;

"a satellite TV channel"

"surfing through the channels"

"they offer more than one hundred channels"

8. a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors;

"possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores"

channel

channel: [13] Channel and canal are ultimately the same word. Their common ancestor was Latin canālis ‘groove, channel’, a derivative of canna ‘pipe’ (source of English cane). This passed into Old French as chanel, which English took over as channel. But then in the 15th century English acquired canal, either directly from Latin, or from French canal, which was itself remodelled on the Latin form – it is not clear which.
=> canal, cane

channel (v.)

1590s, "to wear channels in," from channel (n.). Meaning "convey in a channel" is from 1640s. Related: Channeled; channeling.

channel (n.)

early 14c., "bed of running water," from Old French chanel "bed of a waterway; tube, pipe, gutter," from Latin canalis "groove, channel, waterpipe" (see canal). Given a broader, figurative sense 1530s (of information, commerce, etc.); meaning "circuit for telegraph communication" (1848) probably led to that of "band of frequency for radio or TV signals" (1928).

English Channel is from 1825; the older name was British Channel (by 1730). John of Trevisa's Middle English translation of the encyclopedia De Proprietatibus Rerum (c. 1398) has frensshe see for "English Channel." The Channel Islands are the French Îles Anglo-Normandes.

channel, strait

这两个名词均含"海峡"之意。

channel： 指比strait长而宽的海峡。

strait： 指短而窄的海峡。常用复数形式但作单数用。

Was it because of the growing attraction of the Internet, video games and endless TV channels? Never disconnecting from work? No matter how it happened, millions of Americans are putting their health, quality of life and even length of life in danger.

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By channelling the magic of computing into products, Steve Jobs had succeeded in   

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One relative bright spot for Macy's during the holiday season was the online channel, where it rang up double-digit increases in sales and a 25% increase in the number of orders it filled.

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One relative bright spot for Macy's during the holiday season was the online channel, where it rang up" double-digit" increases in sales and a 25% increase in the number of orders it filled.

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Science journalism is the main channel for the popularization of scientific information among the public.

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The first woman to cross the English Channel was Gertrude Ederle in 1926.

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We crossed the English Channel at night, and we set off through France.

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Fortunately, I didn't get any channels showing all-night movies or I would never have gotten to bed.

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Gradually, this noise began to appear during a show, and to get rid of it, I had to change to another channel and then change it back.

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A sensor channels the light signal along an optical fibre.

传感器沿光导纤维输送光信号。

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Money for the project will be channelled through local government.

这个项目的资金将由地方政府提供。

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He channels his aggression into sport.

他把他的好斗劲倾注于体育比赛之中。

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a movie/sports channel

电影 / 体育台

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to change/switch channels

换台

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terrestrial/satellite channels

地面 / 卫星频道

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Complaints must be made through the proper channels .

投诉必须通过正当途径进行。

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The newsletter is a useful channel of communication between teacher and students.

发简讯是沟通师生的有益渠道。

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The company has worldwide distribution channels.

这家公司拥有遍布全世界的销售网络。

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The campaign provided a channel for protest against the war.

这场运动是反对战争的一种方式。

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Music is a great channel for releasing your emotions.

欣赏音乐是宣泄情感的好方法。

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drainage channels in the rice fields

稻田的排水沟

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the Bristol Channel

布里斯托尔海峡

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the Channel Tunnel

英吉利海峡隧道

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cross-Channel ferries

横渡英吉利海峡的渡船

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news from across the Channel (= from France)

来自英吉利海峡对岸（指法国）的消息

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What's on Channel 4 tonight?

电视四台今晚有什么节目？

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Keep the drainage channel clear.

保持下水道畅通。

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Stephen is channelling his energies into a novel called Blue.

斯蒂芬正集中精力写一部名为《蓝色》的小说。

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...the only serious current affairs programme on either channel.

两个频道唯一的严肃时事节目

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...the proliferating number of television channels in America.

美国激增的电视频道

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The government will surely use the diplomatic channels available...

政府肯定会利用各种现有的外交渠道。

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The Americans recognise that the UN can be the channel for greater diplomatic activity...

美国人认识到可以通过联合国这个渠道开展更多的外交活动。

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Jacques Delors wants a system set up to channel funds to the poor countries...

雅克·德洛尔希望建立一套体系，将资金专门用于援助贫穷的国家。

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Revenues from 'green taxes' could then be channelled back into energy efficiency.

从“绿色税收”得来的收入便可回过头来用于提高能效。

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