Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #1617
Channel
水道；渠道；管道
a passage through which water or another liquid flows
- 1.
The hollow bed of running waters; (also) the bed of the sea or other body of water.
流水的凹槽床；(也指)海洋或其他水体的床。
- 2.
The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains. One of the flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.
帆船船舷外突出的舷侧板,用于连接桅杆侧支索；系在船体外侧的重型厚板缘,以增加支索跨度并使其避开舷墙。
- 3.
a path over which electrical signals can pass
电信号通过的路径
- 4.
The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
通过礁石、沙洲、海湾或任何浅水体的天然或人工深水道。
- 5.
a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
水(或其他液体)流过的通道
- 6.
The navigable part of a river.
河流中可航行的部分。
- 7.
a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
由自然过程(如侵蚀)或工具切割出的狭长沟槽(如唱片上的凹槽)
- 8.
A narrow body of water between two land masses.
两块陆地之间的狭窄水域。
- 9.
Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.
某物通过的途径；传递或传输的手段。
- 10.
An ion channel: pore-forming proteins located in a cell membrane that allow specific ions to pass through.
离子通道:位于细胞膜中的孔形成蛋白,允许特定离子通过。
- 11.
A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
排水沟；槽,如在凹槽柱中。
- 12.
A structural member with a cross section shaped like a squared-off letter C.
截面形状像方形字母C的结构构件。
- 13.
A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.
电路中起始节点和终止节点之间的连接。
- 14.
The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.
MOSFET晶体管的狭窄导电部分。
- 15.
The part that connects a data source to a data sink.
连接数据源和数据接收端的部分。
- 16.
A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.
传输电气或电磁信号的路径,通常与其他平行路径区分开。
- 17.
A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.
通过物理分隔(如多对电缆)提供的单一路径。
- 18.
A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.
通过频谱或协议分离(如频分或时分复用)在传输介质上提供的单一路径。
- 19.
A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.
特定的无线电频率或频段,通常与预定字母、数字或代码配合,由国际协议分配。
- 20.
A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.
用于传输电视的特定无线电频率或频段。
- 21.
The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head.
存储介质中可被给定读写站或磁头访问的部分,如磁道或带区。
- 22.
The part of a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.
涡轮泵中建立压力的部分。
- 23.
A distribution channel.
分销渠道。
- 24.
A psychic or medium who takes on the personality of a spirit and conveys messages from them.
通灵者或灵媒,扮演灵体人格并传递其信息。
渠道；途径；通道；海峡；水道；航道；通航水道；信道；信号通路；河床；海底；湖床
In use
The river carved a deep channel through the valley.
This channel carries water from the lake to the fields.
The boat navigated the narrow channel safely.
a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company
the fields were crossed with irrigation channels
gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street
a channel for sth
用于表示提供某种服务的渠道。
We need a channel for complaints.
我们需要一个投诉渠道。
on a channel
Connections
Collocations
- TV channel
- 电视频道
- I watched the news on a different TV channel.我在不同的电视频道看了新闻。
- distribution channel
- 分销渠道
- The company is looking for new distribution channels for its products.公司正在为其产品寻找新的分销渠道。
- communication channel
- 沟通渠道
- We opened a direct communication channel with the client.我们与客户开通了直接的沟通渠道。
- narrow channel
- 狭窄水道
- The boat navigated through a narrow channel.船通过了一条狭窄的水道。
- channel of communication
- 交流渠道
- Email is an important channel of communication in business.电子邮件是商务交流中的重要渠道。
- channel marker
Learner notes
Memory Tip
将‘channel’联想为‘渠道’，水（信息）在其中流动。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：television、radio、telecommunications 作为‘频道’义时，语域中性，多用于电视、广播及电子通信领域。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like 'flannel' and 'panel' rhyme perfectly with 'channel'. 'Camel' and 'kennel' have the same ending but differ in the consonant before the final syllable ('camel' uses /m/ vs /n/, 'kennel' uses a different vowel /ɛ/).
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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