CANAL Definition & Meaning | 亚洲网紅露点

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canal

[ kuh-nal ]

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noun

an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
a long narrow arm of the sea penetrating far inland.
a tubular passage or cavity for food, air, etc., especially in an animal or plant; a duct.
channel; watercourse.
Astronomy. one of the long, narrow, dark lines on the surface of the planet Mars, as seen telescopically from the earth.

verb (used with object)

canalled or canaled, canalling or canaling.

to make a canal through.

canal

/ 办蓹藞苍忙濒 /

noun

an artificial waterway constructed for navigation, irrigation, water power, etc
any of various tubular passages or ducts
the alimentary canal
any of various elongated intercellular spaces in plants
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

verb

to dig a canal through
to provide with a canal or canals

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of canal¹

First recorded in 1400鈥�50; late Middle English: 鈥渨aterpipe, tubular passage,鈥� from Latin 肠补苍腻濒颈蝉, perhaps equivalent to can(na) 鈥渞eed, pipe鈥� ( cane ) + -腻濒颈蝉 -al ¹; canal def 5 a mistranslation of Italian canali 鈥渃hannels,鈥� the term used by G. V. Schiaparelli

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of canal¹

C15 (in the sense: pipe, tube): from Latin 肠补苍腻濒颈蝉 channel, water pipe, from canna reed, cane ¹

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It lacks both the massive storage infrastructure and the extensive canals needed to divert such volumes.

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In a quiet corner of Runcorn, a group of residents who've been fighting to bring a disused canal back to use have found themselves thrust into the centre of a political battle.

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A fragment of bone was also pushed into his spinal canal.

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Unlike a typical root canal, the dental experts went in through the bottom of Rico's tooth.

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For others, it鈥檚 as nerve-racking as a root canal.

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canakin canal boat

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