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- a length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, especially two seas海峡。
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the Channel
the English Channel英吉利海峡。
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- a navigable passage in a stretch of water otherwise unsafe for vessels航道。
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- a hollow bed for a natural or artificial waterway河床, 河槽。
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- a narrow gap, passage, or groove缺口; 通道; 凹槽：
a channel opened up between two lines of cars.
两排小汽车间空出的通道。
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- a band of frequencies used in radio and television transmission, especially as used by a particular station（电视）频道; （广播）波段。
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- a service or station using such a band（特定频道）电视台; （特定波段）广播电台。
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- a medium for communication or the passage of information（交流）途径; （信息）通道：
they didn't apply through the proper channels.
他们没有通过正常途径提出申请。
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- an electric circuit which acts as a path for a signal信道：
an audio channel.
音频信道。
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- Electronics the semiconductor region in a field-effect transistor that forms the main current path between the source and the drain【电子】沟道。
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- Biology a tubular passage or duct for liquid【生】输液道, 输液管。
(channelled, channelling; <美> channeled, channeling) with obj.
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- direct towards a particular end or object导入; 导向：
the council is to channel public funds into training schemes.
市政会将把公共基金注入培训计划。
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- cause to pass along or through a specified route or medium输送; 传送：
many countries channel their aid through charities.
很多国家通过慈善团体输送援助。
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- (of a person) serve as a medium for (a spirit)（人）通灵。
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- emulate or seem to be inspired by努力赶上; 受…的鼓舞（或启发）：
Meg Ryan plays Avery as if she's channelling Nicole Kidman.
梅格·瑞恩演起艾弗里, 就像妮可·基德曼附了身。
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- usu. as adj. channelled form channels or grooves开辟水道; 开槽：
pottery with a distinctive channelled decoration.
刻有明显槽状花纹的陶器。
WORD TRENDS
Mediums claim that they can channel the dead， allowing spirits to enter their bodies and communicate through them. This concept has been extended metaphorically to describe actors or musicians whose performances are strongly influenced by a predecessor， or just to comment on the style adopted by a noteworthy person. The path from the original psychic use can be clearly traced in some examples: middle-aged white guys in acid-washed jeans think they can channel the ghost of Muddy Waters. However， the sense is now commonly expressed without any reference to spirits or ghosts， with the object not necessarily being dead: Griffiths， as Morris's wife， seems to be channelling the mid-'80s Debra Winger. The word can suggest a level of falseness or artifice in stealing someone else's ideas or image， and is often applied to politicians: the presidential hopeful channelled his old idol， John F. Kennedy.
派生词
channeller
noun词源