英语词汇“canal”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINcanal

Origin:

1400-1500 Latin canalis ‘pipe, channel’, from canna; ➔ CANE1

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Many of them followed only one stock, in rails, or canals, or petroleum, or banks.
Most argued that the canals were optical illusions, and that Mars was a cold, waterless, radiation-baked world.
Ocker Hill Power Station with two prominent chimneys, a sewage works and a canal surface with oil and floating debris.
Sniffing alone or in dangerous places, such as railway embankments and by canals, can be more risky.
The little sketch of Crinan Canal shows the halting-place where passengers wait to re-embark on board the canal boat.
The passageway to the cordoned-off Alsbach canal was wet and dark, and I was glad to have a flashlight.
Today, the National Park Service offers boat tours along the canals, narrow quiet canyons between imperious five-story brick buildings.

THESAURUS► river

a line of water that flows into the sea: · They crossed the river by ferry.· the River Tweed· the Yangtze river

► tributary

a stream or river that flows into a larger river: · The River Trombetas is a tributary of the River Amazon.

► estuary

the wide part of a river where it goes into the sea: · plans to build a big new airport on the Thames estuary

► canal

a long passage dug into the ground and filled with water, either for boats to travel along, or to take water to a place: · Venice’s famous canals· a canal boat

► delta

an area of low land where a river spreads into many smaller rivers near the sea: · the Nile delta

WORD SETS► Water

adrift, adjectiveaft, adjectiveahoy, interjectionaircraft carrier, nounamidships, adverbanchor, nounanchor, verbanchorage, nounark, nounastern, adverbballast, nounbarge, nounbargee, nounbargepole, nounbarnacle, nounbarque, nounbarrage, nounbeach, verbbeam, nounbecalmed, adjectiveberth, nounberth, verbbilge, nounbill of lading, nounbillow, nounblade, nounboat, nounboat hook, nounboathouse, nounboating, nounboatman, nounbob, verbbollard, nounboom, nounbow, nounbridge, nounbrig, nounbulkhead, nounbunk, nounbuoy, nouncabin, nouncabin boy, nouncabin class, nouncabin cruiser, nouncable, nouncanal, nouncanal boat, nouncanoe, nouncanoe, verbcapstan, nouncaptain, nouncatamaran, nouncircumnavigate, verbclipper, nouncoast, verbcoaster, nouncoastguard, nouncockpit, nouncommodore, nouncompanionway, nounconning tower, nouncoracle, nouncordage, nouncox, nouncoxswain, nouncraft, nouncrew, verbcrossing, nouncrow's nest, nouncruise, verbcruise liner, nouncruiser, nouncruise ship, nouncutter, noundeck, noundecompression chamber, nounderrick, noundinghy, noundisembark, verbdisgorge, verbdisplacement, noundock, noundock, verbdocker, noundockside, noundockyard, noundory, noundownstream, adverbdraught, noundraw, verbdrawbridge, noundredge, verbdredger, noundrift, verbdrift, noundrifter, noundriftwood, noundrilling platform, noundrown, verbdry dock, noundugout, noundyke, nounembark, verbensign, nounferry, nounferry, verbferryboat, nounfigurehead, nounfirst mate, nounfirst officer, nounfleet, nounflotilla, nounfo'c'sle, nounforecastle, nounfounder, verbfrigate, nounfrogman, noungalleon, noungalley, noungangplank, noungangway, noungondola, noungondolier, noungrappling iron, nounground, verbgunnel, noungunwale, nounhalyard, nounharbour, nounhatch, nounhawser, nounhelm, nounhelmsman, nounhigh tide, nounhigh water, nounhigh water mark, nounhold, nounhoot, nounhoot, verbhouseboat, nounhovercraft, nounhulk, nounhull, nounhydrofoil, nounhydroplane, nounhydroplane, verbicebreaker, nouninboard, adjectiveinflatable, nouninflow, nounJet Ski, nounjetty, nounjib, nounjunk, nounkayak, nounkeel, nounketch, nounknot, nounkt, land, verblanding stage, nounlane, nounlaunch, verblaunch, nounleeward, adjectivelife belt, nounlifeboat, nounlife buoy, nounlife jacket, nounlifeline, nounlife preserver, nounlife raft, nounlife vest, nounlighter, nounlighthouse, nounlightship, nounliner, nounlist, verblock, nounlock keeper, nounlog book, nounlongshoreman, nounlow tide, nounlow water, nounlow water mark, nounlugger, nounmainmast, nounmainsail, nounmaritime, adjectivemast, nounmaster, nounmasthead, nounmerchantman, nounmerchant navy, nounmerchant seaman, nounminesweeper, nounmizzen, nounmoor, verbmooring, nounmother ship, nounmotorboat, nounnarrow boat, nounnautical, adjectivenavigable, adjectivenavigate, verbnavigation, nounoakum, nounoar, nounoarlock, nounoarsman, nounoarswoman, nounoceangoing, adjectiveoffshore, adjectiveoil slick, nounoil tanker, nounoutboard motor, nounoutrigger, nounoverboard, adverboyster bed, nounpacket boat, nounpaddle, nounpaddle, verbpaddle steamer, nounpassage, nounpelagic, adjectiveperiscope, nounpier, nounpilot, nounpilot, verbpitch, verbPlimsoll line, nounplot, verbply, verbpoop deck, nounport, nounporthole, nounport of call, nounpowerboat, nounprivateer, nounpromenade deck, nounpropeller, nounprow, nounpunt, nounpunt, verbpurser, nounquadrant, nounquarterdeck, nounquay, nounraft, nounrafting, nounreef, verbrefit, verbregatta, nounresurface, verbrig, verbrig, nounrigging, nounroll, verbroll, nounroll-on roll-off, adjectivero-ro, nounrow, verbrowboat, nounrowing, nounrowing boat, nounrowlock, nounrubber dinghy, nounrudder, nounsail, verbsail, nounsailboat, nounsailing, nounsailing boat, nounsailing ship, nounsailor, nounsaloon, nounsampan, nounschooner, nounscull, nounscull, verbscupper, verbscupper, nounscuttle, verbseaborne, adjectivesea captain, nounsea dog, nounseafaring, adjectiveseagoing, adjectivesea lane, nounsea legs, nounsealer, nounseaman, nounseamanship, nounseaworthy, adjectivesheet, nounship, nounshipmate, nounshipping, nounshipping lane, nounship's chandler, nounshipwreck, nounshipwright, nounshipyard, nounside-wheeler, nounskiff, nounskull and crossbones, nounslaver, nounslipway, nounsloop, nounsluice, nounsmack, nounsonar, nounspar, nounspeedboat, nounsplice, verbSS, starboard, nounsteam, verbsteamboat, nounsteamer, nounsteamship, nounsteerage, nounsteersman, nounstern, nounstevedore, nounsteward, nounstewardess, nounstoker, nounsub, nounsubmarine, nounsubmarine, adjectivesubmersible, nounsundeck, nounsupertanker, nounswab, verbswell, nounswing bridge, nountack, nountack, verbtender, nounthird class, nountiller, nountonnage, nountopside, adverbtowpath, nountransport, nountransport ship, nountrawler, nountrim, verbtrimaran, nountroopship, nountub, nountug, nounupstream, adverbvessel, nounvoyage, nounvoyage, verbwake, nounwardroom, nounwarship, nounwaterborne, adjectivewaterlogged, adjectivewaterway, nounweir, nounwhaler, nounwheelhouse, nounwhirlpool, nounwindjammer, nounwindward, adjectivewreck, nounyachting, noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a canal boat

(also a narrow boat British English) (=for use on canals)· We had a holiday on a canal boat in France.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► alimentary

· Greenaway colour codes the rooms of the restaurant, which mirror food's route through the alimentary canal.· Presented with a diagram of the alimentary canal, he tended to marvel at its artistry rather than study its efficiency.· The heart slows, the alimentary canal and the bladder constrict.· Experimental evidence also exists for the presence of axon reflexes in the alimentary canal.

► narrow

· Competition Narrow canals suffered most from rail competition; where they ran through towns there was often little physical space for expansion.· After World War 1 motor lorries took away a great deal of the short distance carrying from the narrow canals.· Some carrying on the narrow canals continued until the early 1960s.· Most of her life was spent pushing barges loaded with silt dredged from the narrow canals around Birmingham.

NOUN► bank

· Walking along the canal bank one day we came across a wee lady siting on the banking drawing.· He pedalled along the canal bank quite slowly, keeping his eyes skinned for signs of defunct animal life.· There were lamps along the canal bank now as well; they'd gone up in November.· He slid down from the pill-box and sat in the high grass, half way down the canal bank.· Once they reached the canal bank, however, Robbie had no doubt that she'd done the right thing.· The mills in the background are arranged along the canal bank.· Inset Far Left: A member of a modern piling gang inserts a steel pile to strengthen the canal bank.· The canal bank was totally deserted and he was soon leaning his bike against the mossy mill wall.

► birth

· A puny midwife fumbles with exploding plaster wombs, plastic foetuses, rubber birth canals and disintegrating umbilical cords.· The mentor assists the dream down the birth canal and out into the light of day.· This has meant that big single babies no longer easily pass through the birth canal.· The skull then is crushed so the fetus can be withdrawn through the birth canal without inducing labor.· She was in the birth canal, her head and ears were covered, she was at peace.

► boat

· For most purposes the floor of a canal boat may be considered stable, like that of a domestic interior.· Stages and canal boats had been crowded with visitors descending on the twin communities.· When canal boats are taken out of the water for repairs they are winched sideways up a slipway.· Born on a canal boat, she had a brief childhood before learning to lead the mules that pull the boat.· The little sketch of Crinan Canal shows the halting-place where passengers wait to re-embark on board the canal boat.· Early steam engines were not very suitable for powering canal boats because of their large size.· Transport includes canal boats from Village to Olympic centre.

► company

· Sometimes the canal companies were bought by the railway companies and the channel converted to take the rail track.· But when he approached the canal company, he met a wall of resistance.· Mole catchers were employed by some canal companies because of the problems which the animal could cause.· They were towed in trains behind canal company tugs.· The Grand Union Canal's reservoir at Ruislip was marketed by the canal company as a leisure amenity in the 1930s.

► drainage

· From Imperial Beach to Oceanside, drainage canals are being cleaned earlier and with extra attention.

► irrigation

· The firing from the irrigation canal seemed to have stopped.

► network

· The mills of Lancashire were supplied with coal and cotton via the canal network.· Now Stroud is likely to be reconnected to the national canal network by the turn of the century.· The focus of the South Eastern canal network was London.

► root

· I had a throbbing abscess under a large section of bridgework and root canal work was the next day's projected treat.· He got out of bed on Wednesday morning, feeling the same dread he might feel over an impending root canal.· Herbivores have a large root canal in the teeth, which grow continually throughout life.

► system

· Wooden narrow-boats were built throughout the canal system.· Schistosomiasis is prevalent and water hyacinths have spread throughout the canal system.· It would have been enormous fun, she thought wistfully, to help work Water Gypsy up and down the canal system.· The canal system felt the pinch.· Water Supply - and the many varied uses A guaranteed supply of water is vital for the canal system.

► towpath

· Voice over There's currently a programme under way to improve the state of the canal towpath.· Two men in pith helmets stood on a canal towpath slapping each other's faces with fish in time to music.· Police are still trying to trace a potential witness seen by a jogger on the canal towpath behind Mr Miles home.· The various different types of pillbox can be seen from the canal towpath.

VERB► build

· Wooden narrow-boats were built throughout the canal system.· Setting priorities Land economists questioned whether developers would come running if the city built a canal.· Thus most power stations are built alongside rivers, canals or the sea, while some are also adjacent to coal mines.

► carry

· Pottery materials continued to be carried on the canal until the 1960s.· After World War 1 motor lorries took away a great deal of the short distance carrying from the narrow canals.· Some carrying on the narrow canals continued until the early 1960s.· A short aqueduct carries the canal over a minor road before the canal dives into a deep cutting.· The Wigwell Aqueduct was built of stone to carry the canal over the River Derwent.

► dig

· Of the men who actually dug the canals we know less.· It constructs roads, flattens hills, digs canals, builds harbours, employs workers, contracts for services.· Shrimp farmers dig canals to bring salt water to enclosed areas where shrimps are cultured.

► use

· The size of the lock chamber restricts the size of boats which can use a particular canal.· After sessions using 20s on canals size 16s look huge, but they're not really.

► walk

· You could walk into a canal.· There was no breeze, and we were walking by the canals and office-blocks of Carthage.· They walked along the canal until they came to the footbridge.

单词	canal
释义	canalca‧nal /kəˈnæl/ ●●○ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINcanal Origin: 1400-1500 Latin canalis ‘pipe, channel’, from canna; ➔ CANE1 Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Many of them followed only one stock, in rails, or canals, or petroleum, or banks. Most argued that the canals were optical illusions, and that Mars was a cold, waterless, radiation-baked world. Ocker Hill Power Station with two prominent chimneys, a sewage works and a canal surface with oil and floating debris. Sniffing alone or in dangerous places, such as railway embankments and by canals, can be more risky. The little sketch of Crinan Canal shows the halting-place where passengers wait to re-embark on board the canal boat. The passageway to the cordoned-off Alsbach canal was wet and dark, and I was glad to have a flashlight. Today, the National Park Service offers boat tours along the canals, narrow quiet canyons between imperious five-story brick buildings. Thesaurus THESAURUS► river a line of water that flows into the sea: · They crossed the river by ferry.· the River Tweed· the Yangtze river ► tributary a stream or river that flows into a larger river: · The River Trombetas is a tributary of the River Amazon. ► estuary the wide part of a river where it goes into the sea: · plans to build a big new airport on the Thames estuary ► canal a long passage dug into the ground and filled with water, either for boats to travel along, or to take water to a place: · Venice’s famous canals· a canal boat ► delta an area of low land where a river spreads into many smaller rivers near the sea: · the Nile delta WORD SETS► Water adrift, adjectiveaft, adjectiveahoy, interjectionaircraft carrier, nounamidships, adverbanchor, nounanchor, verbanchorage, nounark, nounastern, adverbballast, nounbarge, nounbargee, nounbargepole, nounbarnacle, nounbarque, nounbarrage, nounbeach, verbbeam, nounbecalmed, adjectiveberth, nounberth, verbbilge, nounbill of lading, nounbillow, nounblade, nounboat, nounboat hook, nounboathouse, nounboating, nounboatman, nounbob, verbbollard, nounboom, nounbow, nounbridge, nounbrig, nounbulkhead, nounbunk, nounbuoy, nouncabin, nouncabin boy, nouncabin class, nouncabin cruiser, nouncable, nouncanal, nouncanal boat, nouncanoe, nouncanoe, verbcapstan, nouncaptain, nouncatamaran, nouncircumnavigate, verbclipper, nouncoast, verbcoaster, nouncoastguard, nouncockpit, nouncommodore, nouncompanionway, nounconning tower, nouncoracle, nouncordage, nouncox, nouncoxswain, nouncraft, nouncrew, verbcrossing, nouncrow's nest, nouncruise, verbcruise liner, nouncruiser, nouncruise ship, nouncutter, noundeck, noundecompression chamber, nounderrick, noundinghy, noundisembark, verbdisgorge, verbdisplacement, noundock, noundock, verbdocker, noundockside, noundockyard, noundory, noundownstream, adverbdraught, noundraw, verbdrawbridge, noundredge, verbdredger, noundrift, verbdrift, noundrifter, noundriftwood, noundrilling platform, noundrown, verbdry dock, noundugout, noundyke, nounembark, verbensign, nounferry, nounferry, verbferryboat, nounfigurehead, nounfirst mate, nounfirst officer, nounfleet, nounflotilla, nounfo'c'sle, nounforecastle, nounfounder, verbfrigate, nounfrogman, noungalleon, noungalley, noungangplank, noungangway, noungondola, noungondolier, noungrappling iron, nounground, verbgunnel, noungunwale, nounhalyard, nounharbour, nounhatch, nounhawser, nounhelm, nounhelmsman, nounhigh tide, nounhigh water, nounhigh water mark, nounhold, nounhoot, nounhoot, verbhouseboat, nounhovercraft, nounhulk, nounhull, nounhydrofoil, nounhydroplane, nounhydroplane, verbicebreaker, nouninboard, adjectiveinflatable, nouninflow, nounJet Ski, nounjetty, nounjib, nounjunk, nounkayak, nounkeel, nounketch, nounknot, nounkt, land, verblanding stage, nounlane, nounlaunch, verblaunch, nounleeward, adjectivelife belt, nounlifeboat, nounlife buoy, nounlife jacket, nounlifeline, nounlife preserver, nounlife raft, nounlife vest, nounlighter, nounlighthouse, nounlightship, nounliner, nounlist, verblock, nounlock keeper, nounlog book, nounlongshoreman, nounlow tide, nounlow water, nounlow water mark, nounlugger, nounmainmast, nounmainsail, nounmaritime, adjectivemast, nounmaster, nounmasthead, nounmerchantman, nounmerchant navy, nounmerchant seaman, nounminesweeper, nounmizzen, nounmoor, verbmooring, nounmother ship, nounmotorboat, nounnarrow boat, nounnautical, adjectivenavigable, adjectivenavigate, verbnavigation, nounoakum, nounoar, nounoarlock, nounoarsman, nounoarswoman, nounoceangoing, adjectiveoffshore, adjectiveoil slick, nounoil tanker, nounoutboard motor, nounoutrigger, nounoverboard, adverboyster bed, nounpacket boat, nounpaddle, nounpaddle, verbpaddle steamer, nounpassage, nounpelagic, adjectiveperiscope, nounpier, nounpilot, nounpilot, verbpitch, verbPlimsoll line, nounplot, verbply, verbpoop deck, nounport, nounporthole, nounport of call, nounpowerboat, nounprivateer, nounpromenade deck, nounpropeller, nounprow, nounpunt, nounpunt, verbpurser, nounquadrant, nounquarterdeck, nounquay, nounraft, nounrafting, nounreef, verbrefit, verbregatta, nounresurface, verbrig, verbrig, nounrigging, nounroll, verbroll, nounroll-on roll-off, adjectivero-ro, nounrow, verbrowboat, nounrowing, nounrowing boat, nounrowlock, nounrubber dinghy, nounrudder, nounsail, verbsail, nounsailboat, nounsailing, nounsailing boat, nounsailing ship, nounsailor, nounsaloon, nounsampan, nounschooner, nounscull, nounscull, verbscupper, verbscupper, nounscuttle, verbseaborne, adjectivesea captain, nounsea dog, nounseafaring, adjectiveseagoing, adjectivesea lane, nounsea legs, nounsealer, nounseaman, nounseamanship, nounseaworthy, adjectivesheet, nounship, nounshipmate, nounshipping, nounshipping lane, nounship's chandler, nounshipwreck, nounshipwright, nounshipyard, nounside-wheeler, nounskiff, nounskull and crossbones, nounslaver, nounslipway, nounsloop, nounsluice, nounsmack, nounsonar, nounspar, nounspeedboat, nounsplice, verbSS, starboard, nounsteam, verbsteamboat, nounsteamer, nounsteamship, nounsteerage, nounsteersman, nounstern, nounstevedore, nounsteward, nounstewardess, nounstoker, nounsub, nounsubmarine, nounsubmarine, adjectivesubmersible, nounsundeck, nounsupertanker, nounswab, verbswell, nounswing bridge, nountack, nountack, verbtender, nounthird class, nountiller, nountonnage, nountopside, adverbtowpath, nountransport, nountransport ship, nountrawler, nountrim, verbtrimaran, nountroopship, nountub, nountug, nounupstream, adverbvessel, nounvoyage, nounvoyage, verbwake, nounwardroom, nounwarship, nounwaterborne, adjectivewaterlogged, adjectivewaterway, nounweir, nounwhaler, nounwheelhouse, nounwhirlpool, nounwindjammer, nounwindward, adjectivewreck, nounyachting, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a canal boat (also a narrow boat British English) (=for use on canals)· We had a holiday on a canal boat in France. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► alimentary · Greenaway colour codes the rooms of the restaurant, which mirror food's route through the alimentary canal.· Presented with a diagram of the alimentary canal, he tended to marvel at its artistry rather than study its efficiency.· The heart slows, the alimentary canal and the bladder constrict.· Experimental evidence also exists for the presence of axon reflexes in the alimentary canal. ► narrow · Competition Narrow canals suffered most from rail competition; where they ran through towns there was often little physical space for expansion.· After World War 1 motor lorries took away a great deal of the short distance carrying from the narrow canals.· Some carrying on the narrow canals continued until the early 1960s.· Most of her life was spent pushing barges loaded with silt dredged from the narrow canals around Birmingham. NOUN► bank · Walking along the canal bank one day we came across a wee lady siting on the banking drawing.· He pedalled along the canal bank quite slowly, keeping his eyes skinned for signs of defunct animal life.· There were lamps along the canal bank now as well; they'd gone up in November.· He slid down from the pill-box and sat in the high grass, half way down the canal bank.· Once they reached the canal bank, however, Robbie had no doubt that she'd done the right thing.· The mills in the background are arranged along the canal bank.· Inset Far Left: A member of a modern piling gang inserts a steel pile to strengthen the canal bank.· The canal bank was totally deserted and he was soon leaning his bike against the mossy mill wall. ► birth · A puny midwife fumbles with exploding plaster wombs, plastic foetuses, rubber birth canals and disintegrating umbilical cords.· The mentor assists the dream down the birth canal and out into the light of day.· This has meant that big single babies no longer easily pass through the birth canal.· The skull then is crushed so the fetus can be withdrawn through the birth canal without inducing labor.· She was in the birth canal, her head and ears were covered, she was at peace. ► boat · For most purposes the floor of a canal boat may be considered stable, like that of a domestic interior.· Stages and canal boats had been crowded with visitors descending on the twin communities.· When canal boats are taken out of the water for repairs they are winched sideways up a slipway.· Born on a canal boat, she had a brief childhood before learning to lead the mules that pull the boat.· The little sketch of Crinan Canal shows the halting-place where passengers wait to re-embark on board the canal boat.· Early steam engines were not very suitable for powering canal boats because of their large size.· Transport includes canal boats from Village to Olympic centre. ► company · Sometimes the canal companies were bought by the railway companies and the channel converted to take the rail track.· But when he approached the canal company, he met a wall of resistance.· Mole catchers were employed by some canal companies because of the problems which the animal could cause.· They were towed in trains behind canal company tugs.· The Grand Union Canal's reservoir at Ruislip was marketed by the canal company as a leisure amenity in the 1930s. ► drainage · From Imperial Beach to Oceanside, drainage canals are being cleaned earlier and with extra attention. ► irrigation · The firing from the irrigation canal seemed to have stopped. ► network · The mills of Lancashire were supplied with coal and cotton via the canal network.· Now Stroud is likely to be reconnected to the national canal network by the turn of the century.· The focus of the South Eastern canal network was London. ► root · I had a throbbing abscess under a large section of bridgework and root canal work was the next day's projected treat.· He got out of bed on Wednesday morning, feeling the same dread he might feel over an impending root canal.· Herbivores have a large root canal in the teeth, which grow continually throughout life. ► system · Wooden narrow-boats were built throughout the canal system.· Schistosomiasis is prevalent and water hyacinths have spread throughout the canal system.· It would have been enormous fun, she thought wistfully, to help work Water Gypsy up and down the canal system.· The canal system felt the pinch.· Water Supply - and the many varied uses A guaranteed supply of water is vital for the canal system. ► towpath · Voice over There's currently a programme under way to improve the state of the canal towpath.· Two men in pith helmets stood on a canal towpath slapping each other's faces with fish in time to music.· Police are still trying to trace a potential witness seen by a jogger on the canal towpath behind Mr Miles home.· The various different types of pillbox can be seen from the canal towpath. VERB► build · Wooden narrow-boats were built throughout the canal system.· Setting priorities Land economists questioned whether developers would come running if the city built a canal.· Thus most power stations are built alongside rivers, canals or the sea, while some are also adjacent to coal mines. ► carry · Pottery materials continued to be carried on the canal until the 1960s.· After World War 1 motor lorries took away a great deal of the short distance carrying from the narrow canals.· Some carrying on the narrow canals continued until the early 1960s.· A short aqueduct carries the canal over a minor road before the canal dives into a deep cutting.· The Wigwell Aqueduct was built of stone to carry the canal over the River Derwent. ► dig · Of the men who actually dug the canals we know less.· It constructs roads, flattens hills, digs canals, builds harbours, employs workers, contracts for services.· Shrimp farmers dig canals to bring salt water to enclosed areas where shrimps are cultured. ► use · The size of the lock chamber restricts the size of boats which can use a particular canal.· After sessions using 20s on canals size 16s look huge, but they're not really. ► walk · You could walk into a canal.· There was no breeze, and we were walking by the canals and office-blocks of Carthage.· They walked along the canal until they came to the footbridge. a long passage dug into the ground and filled with water, either for boats to travel along, or to take water to a place: We walked along by the side of the canal. the Panama Canalby canal The goods were transported by canal to London.
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