A canal wide and deep enough for ships to travel along it.
可通海船的运河
Example sentencesExamples
Work started in the 1830s on the Tralee ship canal, which stretches from nearly 1km beyond Blennerville Quay to Prince's Quay, on the edge of Tralee town.
In 1903, Panama and the United States signed a treaty by which the United States undertook to construct an interoceanic ship canal across the Isthmus of Panama.
Office buildings along the ship canal are bringing white-collar workers by the thousands.
Go back to 1900s - see navvies digging the Manchester ship canal by hand!
In the net lofts along the ship canal they tar their seine twine with paraffin to protect against salt water.
Synonyms
inland waterway, channel, watercourse, waterway
Definition of ship canal in US English:
ship canal
nounˈSHip kəˌnal
A canal wide and deep enough for ships to transit it.
可通海船的运河
Example sentencesExamples
Go back to 1900s - see navvies digging the Manchester ship canal by hand!
In 1903, Panama and the United States signed a treaty by which the United States undertook to construct an interoceanic ship canal across the Isthmus of Panama.
Work started in the 1830s on the Tralee ship canal, which stretches from nearly 1km beyond Blennerville Quay to Prince's Quay, on the edge of Tralee town.
In the net lofts along the ship canal they tar their seine twine with paraffin to protect against salt water.
Office buildings along the ship canal are bringing white-collar workers by the thousands.