channel
channelchannels
channelchannelschanneling/channellingchanneled/channelledchanneled/channelled
n.
① 河床;水道的較深處
② 水道;溝渠;航道;海峽(比strait大些)
the (English) Channel
英吉利海峽
③ 槽,溝
④
⑴(思想、行動等的)方向,方針;(活動的)領域
⑵[用複數形]途徑;管道
channels of trade
貿易路線
We have secret channels of information.
我們有祕密的資訊管道。
I notified them through official [diplomatic, the normal, the proper] channels.
我透過官[外交、正常、適當]的管道通知他們。
⑤
⑴〖通訊〗波段;頻道
⑵〖電算〗電波道;通訊路
She switched to another channel.
她轉到另一個頻道。
There is a current affairs program on this channel.
在這個頻道有一個時事節目。
vt.
(channeled,〖英〗channelled; channeling,〖英〗channelling)
① 形成水道或溝渠;鑿渠;沖出(一條水道)
channel the street
挖溝渠於街旁
The river channeled a new bed during the recent flood.
那條河在最近的洪水期間沖出了新的河床。
The river channels its way through a plain into the sea.
那條河流貫平原,注入大海。
② 引導;疏導
He channeled his efforts into a new novel.
他將他的努力用到一本新小說。
Water is channeled into the farm.
水被引入農場。
