channel

noun

电视；无线电 on television/radio

1. 电视台
   a television station
   1. What's on Channel 4 tonight?
      电视四台今晚有什么节目？
   2. a movie/sports channel
      电影 / 体育台
   3. to change/switch channels
      换台
2. 频道；波段
   a band of radio waves used for broadcasting television or radio programmes
   1. terrestrial/satellite channels
      地面 / 卫星频道

交流 for communicating

3. 途径；渠道；系统
   a method or system that people use to get information, to communicate, or to send sth somewhere
   1. Complaints must be made through the proper channels .
      投诉必须通过正当途径进行。
   2. The newsletter is a useful channel of communication between teacher and students.
      发简讯是沟通师生的有益渠道。
   3. The company has worldwide distribution channels.
      这家公司拥有遍布全世界的销售网络。

思想感情 for ideas/feelings

4. （表达的）方式，方法，手段
   a way of expressing ideas and feelings
   1. The campaign provided a channel for protest against the war.
      这场运动是反对战争的一种方式。
   2. Music is a great channel for releasing your emotions.
      欣赏音乐是宣泄情感的好方法。

水 water

5. 水渠；沟渠；河槽
   a passage that water can flow along, especially in the ground, on the bottom of a river, etc.
   1. drainage channels in the rice fields
      稻田的排水沟
6. 水道；航道
   a deep passage of water in a river or near the coast that can be used as route for ships
7. 海峡
   a passage of water that connects two areas of water, especially two seas
   1. the Bristol Channel
      布里斯托尔海峡
8. 英吉利海峡
   the area of sea between England and France, also known as the English Channel
   1. the Channel Tunnel
      英吉利海峡隧道
   2. cross-Channel ferries
      横渡英吉利海峡的渡船
   3. news from across the Channel (= from France)
      来自英吉利海峡对岸（指法国）的消息

verb

思想感情 ideas/feelings

1. 为…引资；引导；贯注
   to direct money, feelings, ideas, etc. towards a particular thing or purpose
   1. He channels his aggression into sport.
      他把他的好斗劲倾注于体育比赛之中。

金钱；帮助 money/help

2. （利用某途径）输送资金，提供帮助
   to send money, help, etc. using a particular route
   1. Money for the project will be channelled through local government.
      这个项目的资金将由地方政府提供。

水；光 water/light

3. （经过通道）输送，传送
   to carry or send water, light, etc. through a passage
   1. A sensor channels the light signal along an optical fibre.
      传感器沿光导纤维输送光信号。

in AM, use 美国英语用 channeling, channeled


1. N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 电视台;电视频道
   A channel is a television station.
   1. ...the only serious current affairs programme on either channel.
      两个频道唯一的严肃时事节目
   2. ...the proliferating number of television channels in America.
      美国激增的电视频道
   3. ...the presenter of Channel 4 News.
      电视四台新闻节目的主持人
2. 频道;波段
   A channel is a band of radio waves on which radio messages can be sent and received.
3. N-COUNT 渠道;途径;门路
   If you do something through a particular channel, or particular channels, that is the system or organization that you use to achieve your aims or to communicate.
   1. The government will surely use the diplomatic channels available...
      政府肯定会利用各种现有的外交渠道。
   2. The Americans recognise that the UN can be the channel for greater diplomatic activity...
      美国人认识到可以通过联合国这个渠道开展更多的外交活动。
   3. Moscow and the Baltic republics are reopening channels of communication.
      莫斯科和波罗的海诸共和国正在重启沟通渠道。
4. VERB 将(资金或资源)专门用于
   If you channel money or resources into something, you arrange for them to be used for that thing, rather than for a wider range of things.
   1. Jacques Delors wants a system set up to channel funds to the poor countries...
      雅克·德洛尔希望建立一套体系，将资金专门用于援助贫穷的国家。
   2. Revenues from 'green taxes' could then be channelled back into energy efficiency.
      从“绿色税收”得来的收入便可回过头来用于提高能效。
5. VERB 将(精力或情感)专注于;集中
   If you channel your energies or emotions into something, you concentrate on or do that one thing, rather than a range of things.
   1. Stephen is channelling his energies into a novel called Blue.
      斯蒂芬正集中精力写一部名为《蓝色》的小说。
6. N-COUNT 水道;沟渠
   A channel is a passage along which water flows.
   1. Keep the drainage channel clear.
      保持下水道畅通。
7. 航道
   A channel is a route used by boats.
8. 英吉利海峡
   The Channel or the English Channel is the narrow area of water between England and France.

1. The channel is only available on cable.
   这个频道只有有线电视才能收看。
2. The government will surely use the diplomatic channels available
   政府肯定会利用各种现有的外交渠道。
3. The Americans recognise that the UN can be the channel for greater diplomatic activity
   美国人认识到可以通过联合国这个渠道开展更多的外交活动。
4. Moscow and the Baltic republics are reopening channels of communication.
   莫斯科和波罗的海诸共和国正在重启沟通渠道。
5. Jacques Delors wants a system set up to channel funds to the poor countries
   雅克·德洛尔希望建立一套体系，将资金专门用于援助贫穷的国家。
6. Revenues from 'green taxes' could then be channelled back into energy efficiency.
   从“绿色税收”得来的收入便可回过头来用于提高能效。
7. Stephen is channelling his energies into a novel called Blue.
   斯蒂芬正集中精力写一部名为《蓝色》的小说。
8. Keep the drainage channel clear.
   保持下水道畅通。
9. The Channel Tunnel project is the biggest civil engineering project in Europe.
   英吉利海峡隧道是欧洲最大的土木工程。
10. The French constructed a series of fortresses from Dunkirk on the Channel coast to Douai
    法国人在从敦克尔刻到杜埃的英吉利海峡沿岸修筑了一系列要塞。
11. I only get Channel 7.
    我只能收看到第7频道。
12. The Channel Islands are a favourite summer haunt for UK and French yachtsmen alike.
    海峡群岛是英国和法国的帆船运动爱好者夏日最爱去的地方。
13. A host of problems may delay the opening of the Channel Tunnel
    可能推迟英吉利海峡隧道开通的问题一大筐。
14. Market research showed that 93% of the viewing public wanted a hit film channel.
    市场调查表明93%的观众希望有一个播放热门影片的频道。
15. Eurocops was beaten in the ratings on Channel 4 by Kate and Allie, Hill Street Blues and St Elsewhere
    在第4频道的收视率调查中《欧洲警察》被《凯特和阿莉》、《希尔街的布鲁斯》和《何方神圣》打败。
16. A big rescue operation has been launched for a trawler missing in the English Channel.
    为寻找在英吉利海峡失踪的一艘拖网渔船，人们展开了一场大规模的搜救行动。
17. Channel 4 arrived and somehow created a different role for television
    第四频道开播了，它在某种程度上为电视创造了一个不同的角色。
18. Trains will speed through the Channel Tunnel at 186mph
    火车将以每小时186英里的速度快速穿过海峡隧道。
19. Companies will now be able to sponsor programmes on ITV and Channel 4.
    现在公司可以在独立电视台和第4频道上出资做节目广告了。
20. Premiere, a subscription channel which began in 1991, shows live football covering the top two divisions
    开播于1991年的付费电视频道premiere实况转播两大顶级足球联赛的赛事。
21. Let's switch over to Channel 4.
    换到4频道吧。
22. The Channel tunnel was due to open towards the end of 1993
    海峡隧道预计1993年年底前开通。
23. She had heard the news-flash on a TV channel's news update.
    她在一家电视台的新闻快讯中听到了这则简明新闻。
24. The torrents scoured out a channel down the hill side.
    急流沿着山腰冲刷出一条水沟。
25. Clear water gushed into the irrigational channel.
    清澈的水涌进了灌溉渠道。
26. The channel is almost choked with silt.
    水渠里淤了很多泥沙。
27. The channel is marked by buoys.
    航道有浮标表示。
28. Last October the first batch of low-alloy channel steel was successfully rolled.
    去年10月，成功地轧出了第一批低合金槽钢。
29. Water runs along the channel to the fields.
    水顺着渠道流进田地里。

noun

1. a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
   1. possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores

   Synonym:    distribution channel

2. a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
   1. the fields were crossed with irrigation channels
   2. gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street

3. a television station and its programs
   1. a satellite TV channel
   2. surfing through the channels
   3. they offer more than one hundred channels

   Synonym:    television channelTV channel

4. a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
   1. the tear duct was obstructed
   2. the alimentary canal
   3. poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs

   Synonym:    ductepithelial ductcanal

5. a path over which electrical signals can pass
   1. a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company

   Synonym:    transmission channel

6. (often plural) a means of communication or access
   1. it must go through official channels
   2. lines of communication were set up between the two firms

   Synonym:    communication channelline

7. a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels
   1. the ship went aground in the channel

8. 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)

   Synonym:    groove

verb

1. send from one person or place to another
   1. transmit a message

   Synonym:    transmittransfertransportchannelizechannelise

2. direct the flow of
   1. channel information towards a broad audience

   Synonym:    canalizecanalise

3. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
   1. Sound carries well over water
   2. The airwaves carry the sound
   3. Many metals conduct heat

   Synonym:    impartconducttransmitconveycarry