channel的过去式

1. 频道
2. 海峡
3. 途径，手段，方法，方式
4. 沟渠，水道，渠道，水渠
5. 波段
6. 系统
7. 河床，河槽
8. 路线
9. 电路
10. 电视台
11. 航道
12. 英吉利海峡
13. 管道

1. 为…引资，输送资金
2. 贯注
3. 提供帮助
4. 在...开水道，在...开沟，形成水道， 在（柱子、圆柱等上）开槽
5. 输送，传送，传导
6. 将...导向，（将…）引导
7. 在某条路线上前进
8. 开（路），为…开辟（途径）
9. 导（入）
10. 把...送
11. 在...形成
12. 开导
13. 集中（精力）

1. a path over which electrical signals can pass;

   "a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company"
   

2. a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through;

   "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"
   "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street"
   

3. a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
4. a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels;

   "the ship went aground in the channel"
   

5. (often plural) a means of communication or access;

   "it must go through official channels"
   "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"
   

6. a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance;

   "the tear duct was obstructed"
   "the alimentary canal"
   "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs"
   

7. a television station and its programs;

   "a satellite TV channel"
   "surfing through the channels"
   "they offer more than one hundred channels"
   

8. a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors;

   "possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores"
   

1. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission;

   "Sound carries well over water"
   "The airwaves carry the sound"
   "Many metals conduct heat"
   

2. direct the flow of;

   "channel information towards a broad audience"
   

3. send from one person or place to another;

   "transmit a message"
   

1.电视台;电视频道
Achannel is a television station.

e.g. ...the only serious current affairs programme on eitherchannel.
两个频道唯一的严肃时事节目
e.g. ...the proliferating number of television channels in America.
美国激增的电视频道

2.频道;波段
Achannel is a band of radio waves on which radio messages can be sent and received.

3.渠道;途径;门路
If you do something through a particularchannel, or particularchannels, that is the system or organization that you use to achieve your aims or to communicate.

e.g. The government will surely use the diplomatic channels available...
肯定会利用各种现有的外交渠道。
e.g. The Americans recognise that the UN can be thechannel for greater diplomatic activity...
美国人认识到可以通过联合国这个渠道开展更多的外交活动。

4.将(资金或资源)专门用于
If youchannel money or resources into something, you arrange for them to be used for that thing, rather than for a wider range of things.

e.g. Jacques Delors wants a system set up tochannel funds to the poor countries...
雅克·德洛尔希望建立一套体系，将资金专门用于援助贫穷的国家。
e.g. Revenues from 'green taxes' could then be channelled back into energy efficiency.
从“绿色税收”得来的收入便可回过头来用于提高能效。

5.将(精力或情感)专注于;集中
If youchannel your energies or emotionsinto something, you concentrate on or do that one thing, rather than a range of things.

e.g. Stephen is channelling his energies into a novel called Blue.
斯蒂芬正集中精力写一部名为《蓝色》的小说。

6.水道;沟渠
Achannel is a passage along which water flows.

channel

e.g. Keep the drainagechannel clear.
保持下水道畅通。

7.航道
Achannel is a route used by boats.

8.英吉利海峡
The Channel orthe English Channel is the narrow area of water between England and France.

• cross the C-渡过英吉利海峡
• cut a channel开凿水道
• follow the channel沿着航道
• go through the regular channel通过正常程序

• diplomatic channel外交途径
• illegal channel非法途径
• proper channel正当途径
• reliable channel可靠途径
• the black market channel黑市管道

了解海关手续

A：You've traveled abroad a lot, Jim, so would you like to tell me something about clearing customs.
吉姆，你经常出国旅游，能向我介绍一下关于通关的情况吗？

B：When you arrive in a country, you clear customs. A lot of countries have two channels: the greenchannel and the redchannel. Some countries, like India, have three channels: the whitechannel, the greenchannel and the redchannel.
到达一个国家时要通关。许多国家的海关有两种通道：绿色通道和红色通道。还有些国家如印度有三种通道：白色通道、绿色通道和红色通道。

A：Then what are the differences between the greenchannel and redchannel?
那么绿色通道和红色通道之间有什么区别呢？

B：If you have more than the duty-free allowances or prohibited goods, you go through the redchannel and declare them to a customs officer. If you otherwise have nothing to declare, you go straight through the greenchannel unless you are asked to stop by an officer. 如果你携带的东西超出免税的范围或属于禁带物品，你
就得从红色通道通过并向海关申报物品。如果你没有需要申报的物品而海关又没有阻拦你，你就可以直接通过绿色通道了。

channel的解释

A：I see.I'm told that we'll have to state the purpose of going to a certain country, is it true?
我明白了。我听说去一个国家时需要陈述旅行的目的，是吗？

B：That's right. People go aboard for different purposes: some for pleasure, some on vacation, some on business, and some for other purposes.
是的。人们出国都各有目的：有的为了消遣，有的出去度假，有的是因公出差，有的是为了其他目的。

A：I'm going to New Zealand for sightseeing. What should I say if they ask about my purpose?
我要去新西兰观光，如果他们问我旅行的目的我该怎么说呢？

channel

B：Just saying "sightseeing" is OK.
说"观光"就行了。

channel，strait

这两个名词均含“海峡”之意。

channel指比strait长而宽的海峡。

strait指短而窄的海峡。常用复数形式但作单数用。