English Channel
- the sea channel separating southern England from northern France. It is 35 km (22 miles) wide at its narrowest point. A railway tunnel beneath it linking England and France was opened in 1994 (the Channel Tunnel).英吉利海峡（将英格兰南部和法国北部隔开, 最窄处22英里, 即35公里; 1994年, 一条横穿英吉利海峡、连接英法两国的海底铁路隧道——海峡隧道正式开通）。