| 释义 |
canal/kəˈnæl/n. 1 an artificial waterway for inland navigation or irrigation 运河 2 any of various tubular ducts in a plant or animal, for carrying food, liquid, or air (动植物体内的)管，道 3 Astron. any of a number of spurious linear markings formerly reported as seen by telescope on the planet Mars but now thought to have arisen from eye or lens defects 【天】火星运河(从前有人用望远镜观测到的火星表面上细长的痕迹，现在认为是眼睛或镜头的缺陷造成的) [Middle English via Old French (earlier chanel) from Latin canalis or (in sense 3 directly) from Italian canale ‘channel’] |