canals

1. [C]运河 channel cut through land for boats or ships to travel along or to carry water
2. [C]管道 tube through which air or food passes in a plant or animal's body

• build〔dig〕 a canal开凿运河

• irrigation canal灌溉渠

• canal zone运河区

• canal through the two provinces经过两省的运河

root canal[医]牙根管

grand canal大运河

spinal canal[解]椎管；脊管

suez canal苏伊士运河（位于埃及东北部）

alimentary canal消化道

panama canal巴拿马运河（穿过巴拿马地峡，接通太平洋和大西洋）

canal system沟系；水沟系

vertebral canal椎管

ear canal耳道，耳孔

auditory canal 听管；听道；耳道（等于auditory meatus）

anal canal肛管

irrigation canal灌溉渠，浇灌渠

birth canal产道

semicircular canal[解]半规管

canal bridge渠桥；运河桥

canal zone运河区

optic canal视神经管；视管

erie canal伊利运河

ship canal运河；航道

intestinal canal肠道；肠管

1. The canal is now open to shipping.
   该运河现已通航。
2. They dragged the canal for the missing child.
   他们用拖网沿运河打捞失踪孩子的尸体。
3. The canal is navigable all the year.
   这条运河全年可通航。
4. Many oceangoing ships are sailing on the canal.
   许多远洋船只在这条运河上航行。
5. There is a bloated body floating in the canal.
   渠沟里有一具发胀的尸体。

1. The workers canal an isthmus.
   工人们在地峡处开凿了一条运河。
2. They can canal the natural forces.
   他们能疏导大自然的力量。