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the [proper name] Canal
专有名词的运河名称通常首字母大写，且常与定冠词连用。
The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
巴拿马运河连接大西洋和太平洋。
运河；水道
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运河；水道
a long narrow waterway made for boats or irrigation
The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
巴拿马运河连接大西洋和太平洋。
(天文学)火星表面模糊的特征,曾被认为是渠道系统,现在被认为是光学错觉
(astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
由上皮细胞衬里的身体通道或管道,传输分泌物或其他物质
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
为船只或灌溉而修建的狭长水道
long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
The old canal connects the two cities and is still used by small boats.
这条古老的运河连接两座城市，小船仍在上面航行。
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Farmers dug a canal to bring water from the river to their fields.
农民挖了一条水渠，把河水引到田里。
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We walked along the canal and watched the barges pass slowly.
我们沿着运河散步，看着驳船缓缓经过。
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the alimentary canal
消化道。
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专有名词的运河名称通常首字母大写，且常与定冠词连用。
The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
巴拿马运河连接大西洋和太平洋。
表示一条具体的运河时，用不定冠词a。
They dug a canal to irrigate the fields.
他们挖了一条运河来灌溉田地。
along the canal表示沿着运河。
We took a walk along the canal.
我们沿着运河散步。
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The Panama Channel connects two oceans.
Use this
The Panama Canal connects two oceans.
错误使用了"channel"（天然水道），而"canal"特指人工开凿用于船只通行的运河。
Not this
Venice has many canal.
Use this
Venice has many canals.
"canal"是可数名词，复数形式应为"canals"。英文中不可遗漏复数的-s。
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巴拿马运河
The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
巴拿马运河连接大西洋和太平洋。
开凿运河
They plan to dig a canal to bring water to the desert.
他们计划开凿一条运河把水引到沙漠。
灌溉渠
The irrigation canal supplies water to the farmland.
灌溉渠为农田供水。
运河系统
Venice is famous for its intricate canal system.
威尼斯以其复杂的运河系统而闻名。
消化道
The alimentary canal includes the mouth, esophagus, stomach, and intestines.
消化道包括口腔、食道、胃和 intestines。
运河船
We took a canal boat tour through the city.
我们乘坐运河船游览了这座城市。
一个人，一个计划，一条运河：巴拿马！
The palindrome 'A man, a plan, a canal: Panama' is one of the most famous examples of wordplay involving the word 'canal'.
回文'一个人，一个计划，一条运河：巴拿马'是最著名的涉及'canal'一词的文字游戏之一。
我有一头骡子，名叫萨尔，沿着伊利运河走了十五英里。
The folk song 'Erie Canal' tells the story of a boatman and his mule hauling cargo along the canal.
民歌《伊利运河》讲述了一个船夫和他的骡子沿着运河拖运货物的故事。
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想象火星表面的‘运河’（canal）其实是错觉，但单词拼写可记为‘can’（能）+‘al’（所有），一条能通往各处的狭长水道。
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"panel", "channel", "tunnel", "flannel" end in "-nal" but have different stress and vowel sounds from "canal". "bell" and "cell" are true rhymes with "canal" (same /ɛl/ ending).
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