canal
US: /kəˈnæɫ/
UK: /kənˈæl/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
canal /kə'næl/- danh từ
- kênh, sông đào
- (giải phẫu) ống
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 a long straight passage dug in the ground and filled with water for boats and ships to travel along; a smaller passage used for carrying water to fields, crops, etc: the Panama / Suez Canal + an irrigation canal
2 a tube inside the body through which air or food passes
See also -
Collocation
ADJ.
irrigation | ship
VERB + CANAL
build, dig
CANAL + NOUN
barge, boat | bank | towpath
PREP.
along a/the ~
The barge moved slowly along the canal.
| on a/the ~
sailing on the canal
Concise dictionary
canalled|canalling|canals|canaled|canalingkə'nælnoun
+(astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
+a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
+long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
verb
+provide (a city) with a canal