单词 | canal |
释义 | Word Frequency canal(kəˈnæl) noun 1. an artificial waterway constructed for navigation, irrigation, water power, etc 2. any of various tubular passages or ducts the alimentary canal 3. any of various elongated intercellular spaces in plants 4. astronomy any of the indistinct surface features of Mars originally thought to be a network of channels but not seen on close-range photographs. They are caused by an optical illusion in which faint geological features appear to have a geometric structure verbWord forms: -nals, -nalling, -nalledWord forms: US -nals, -naling or -naled (transitive) 5. to dig a canal through 6. to provide with a canal or canals Word origin C15 (in the sense: pipe, tube): from Latin canālis channel, water pipe, from canna reed, cane1 |
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