channel

1. N-COUNT/N-IN-NAMES A channel is a television station. 电视频道

...the only serious current affairs programme on either channel. …任一频道上惟一严肃的时事节目。

...the proliferating number of television channels in America. …美国电视频道的激增数量。

2. N-COUNT A channel is a band of radio waves on which radio messages can be sent and received. 波段

The radio channels were filled with the excited, jabbering voices of men going to war. 收音机各波段满是即将参战的男人们激动喧哗的声音。

3. N-COUNT 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. 渠道; 途径

The government will surely use the diplomatic channels available. 政府肯定会采用现有的外交途径。

The Americans recognize that the U.N. can be the channel for greater diplomatic activity. 美国人承认联合国可以是更重要的外交活动的渠道。

4. N-COUNT A channel is a passage along which water flows. 水渠

Keep the drainage channel clear. 保持排水管渠道畅通。

5. N-COUNT A channel is a route used by boats. 航道

...the busy shipping channels of the harbour. …港口繁忙的船运航道。

6. N-COUNT a broad strait connecting two areas of sea 海峡

7. N-COUNT a flat timber or metal ledge projecting from the hull of a vessel above the chainplates to increase the angle of the shrouds 护桅索承扣板[nautical]

8. V-T 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. 调拨 (钱、资源)

Jacques Delors wants a system set up to channel funds to the poor countries. 雅克·迪洛斯想要建立一种体制，以便调拨资金帮助穷国。

9. V-T If you channel your energies or emotions into something, you concentrate on or do that one thing, rather than a range of things. 集中 (精力、情感)

Stephen is channelling his energies into a novel called Blue. 斯蒂芬正集中精力写一本名为《蓝色》的小说。