channel

英 ['tʃænl] 美 ['tʃænl]

• n. 频道；海峡；方法；通道；（消息）渠道
• vt. 引导；形成河道；集中（精力）

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]海峡

   a narrow sea passage connecting two seas

2. [C]通道; 水道,沟渠

   a way, course or passage for liquids

3. [C]渠道,途径

   any way by which news, information, etc. may travel

4. [C]频道

   band of frequencies used for a particular set of radio or television programmes

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 频道
2. 海峡
3. 途径，手段，方法，方式
4. 沟渠，水道，渠道，水渠
5. 波段
6. 系统
7. 河床，河槽
8. 路线
9. 电路
10. 电视台
11. 航道
12. 英吉利海峡
13. 管道

v. 动词

1. 为…引资，输送资金
2. 贯注
3. 提供帮助
4. 在...开水道，在...开沟，形成水道， 在（柱子、圆柱等上）开槽
5. 输送，传送，传导
6. 将...导向，（将…）引导
7. 在某条路线上前进
8. 开（路），为…开辟（途径）
9. 导（入）
10. 把...送
11. 在...形成
12. 开导
13. 集中（精力）

英英释义

Noun:

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"
   

Verb:

1. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission;

   "Sound carries well over water"
   "The airwaves carry the sound"
   "Many metals conduct heat"
   

2. direct the flow of;

   "channel information towards a broad audience"
   

3. send from one person or place to another;

   "transmit a message"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

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. The ship went through the English Channel fast.
   那条船很快的通过了英吉利海峡。
3. She was seeking a channel for her creative energies.
   她正在为她创造性的能量寻找方法。
4. We can reach these markets through our existing distribution channels.
   我们可以通过我们现有的分散渠道到达这些市场。
5. It is important to maintain clear channels of communication.
   保持清晰的消息渠道很重要。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. All information on the classes is channeled through the principal's office.
   课上的所有信息都被传到校长办公室了
2. The muddy road was channeled into a river.
   这条泥泞小路被修成河道了。
3. She channeled all her energies into her career.
   她集中精力于她的事业。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The English Channel separates England and France.
   英吉利海峡把英法两国分隔开来。
2. There is a channel in the middle of the old street to help rainwater flow away.
   旧街中间有条排放雨水的水沟。
3. He has secret channels of information.
   他有秘密的消息管道。
4. We watched the news on Channel 4.
   我们看了第四频道的新闻。

经典引文

• No new..channel for investment has been opened.

  出自： J. S. Mill

• The newspapers..are the channel of the government's answerability to the governed.

  出自： T. Stoppard

• No more shall trenching war channel her fields.

  出自：1 Henry IV , Shakespeare

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• cross the C- 渡过英吉利海峡
• cut a channel 开凿水道
• follow the channel 沿着航道
• go through the regular channel 通过正常程序

形容词+～

• diplomatic channel 外交途径
• illegal channel 非法途径
• proper channel 正当途径
• reliable channel 可靠途径
• the black market channel 黑市管道

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. channel的基本意思是“海峡,通道,水道,沟渠”,可用来比喻新闻、信息等传递的“渠道,途径”,此时通常用复数形式。还可指广播或电视的“频道”。

词义辨析

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。

词源解说

• ☆ 1300年进入英语，直接源自古法语的chanel；最初源自古典拉丁语的canalis，意为凹槽，水道。

近反义词

【近义词】

• canal
• strait