名詞 canal:

1. (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
2. a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
   同義詞：duct, epithelial duct, channel
3. long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation

動(dòng)詞 canal:

1. provide (a city) with a canal
   同義詞：canalize, canalise

1. The canal is now open to shipping.
   該運(yùn)河現(xiàn)已通航。
2. They dragged the canal for the missing child.
   他們用拖網(wǎng)沿運(yùn)河打撈失蹤孩子的尸體。
3. They have to dredge the canal so that ships can use it.
   他們須疏浚運(yùn)河河道輪船方可通航。
4. The Panama Canal has played a very important role in transportation.
   巴拿馬運(yùn)河在運(yùn)輸上起到了非常重要的作用。
5. The canal is navigable all the year.
   這條運(yùn)河全年可通航。
6. A raised bank or path, such as one along a canal.
   堤岸，小路高出的堤岸或小路，如沿著一條溝渠的堤岸或小路
7. Many oceangoing ships are sailing on the canal.
   許多遠(yuǎn)洋船只在這條運(yùn)河上航行。

ca.nal

n.（名詞）
An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
運(yùn)河，溝渠：人工水道或人工修繕的河流，用于旅行、航運(yùn)或灌溉
Anatomy A tube, duct, or passageway.
【解剖學(xué)】 導(dǎo)管，道：管子、輸送管或通道
Astronomy One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars.
【天文學(xué)】 火星運(yùn)河：在早期用望遠(yuǎn)鏡所看到的火星表面圖象上的類似于直線的、暗弱的模糊印記
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
ca.nalled 或 ca.naled ca.nal.ling 或 ca.nal.ing ca.nals 或 ca.nals
To dig an artificial waterway through:
開運(yùn)河：挖掘一人工水道：
例句：
canal an isthmus.
在地峽處開一條溝

To provide with an artificial waterway or waterways.
疏導(dǎo)：提供一條或多條人工水道

來源：
Partly French [channel,]
部分為 法語 [渠道]
and partly Middle English [tube] from Medieval Latin can3le
并且部分 中古英語 [管子] 源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語 can3le
both from Latin can3lis [tube, channel]
源自 拉丁語 can3lis [管子，渠道]
probably from canna [small reed] * see cane
可能源自 canna [小蘆桿] *參見 cane