1. | [c] 电视台a television station |
What's on Channel 4 tonight? 电视四台今晚有什么节目？ | |
a movie/sports channel 电影台；体育台 | |
to change/switch channels 换频道 |
2. | [c] 频道；波段a band of radio waves used for broadcasting television or radio programmes |
terrestrial/satellite channels 地面╱卫星频道 |
3. | [c] 途径；渠道；系统a method or system that people use to get information, to communicate, or to send sth somewhere |
Complaints must be made through the proper channels . 投诉必须通过正当途径进行。 | |
The newsletter is a useful channel of communication between teacher and students. 简讯是有助于师生沟通的渠道。 | |
The company has worldwide distribution channels. 这家公司拥有遍布全世界的销售网络。 |
4. | [c] （表达的）方式，方法，手段a way of expressing ideas and feelings |
The campaign provided a channel for protest against the war. 这场运动是反对战争的一种方式。 | |
Music is a great channel for releasing your emotions. 音乐是宣泄情感的好方法。 |
5. | [c] 水渠；沟渠；河槽a passage that water can flow along, especially in the ground, on the bottom of a river, etc. |
drainage channels in the rice fields 稻田的排水沟 |
6. | [c] 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. | [c] 海峡a passage of water that connects two areas of water, especially two seas |
the Bristol Channel 布里斯托尔海峡 |
8. | [sing] 英吉利海峡the area of sea between England and France, also known asthe English Channel |
the Channel Tunnel 英吉利海峡隧道 | |
cross-Channel ferries 横渡英吉利海峡的渡船 | |
news from across the Channel(= from France) 来自英吉利海峡对岸（指法国）的消息 |
1. | ~ sth (into sth) 为…引资；引导；贯注to direct money, feelings, ideas, etc. towards a particular thing or purpose |
He channels his aggression into sport. 他把他的好斗劲倾注于体育比赛之中。 |
2. | ~ sth (through sth) （利用某途径）输送资金，提供帮助to send money, help, etc. using a particular route |
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。 |
3. | ~ sth （经过通道）输送，传送to carry or send water, light, etc. through a passage |
A sensor channels the light signal along an optical fibre. 传感器沿光导纤维输送光信号。 |
