喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can picture a long, narrow passage that something flows along, kept on one path by its sides—like a ditch that water runs down. Whatever travels through it (water, ships, radio , a TV signal, money, energy, even feelings) is funnelled along one route from one place to another. Most meanings are this same guided passage; the verb is the act of sending something down it.

可以想成一條又長又窄的通道，東西順著它流動，被兩邊的壁夾著、只能走這一條路——像一道讓水順流而下的溝渠。不管裡面走的…更多收起可以想成一條又長又窄的通道，東西順著它流動，被兩邊的壁夾著、只能走這一條路——像一道讓水順流而下的溝渠。不管裡面走的是什麼（水、船、無線電波、電視訊號、金錢、精力、甚至情緒），都被導著沿同一條路、從一處送到另一處。大部分意思都是這同一條「有導向的通道」；動詞則是「把某樣東西送進這條通道」的動作。

原始詞典資料29 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Channelname詞源 2

  • 1

    A former village and district of Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

channelnoun詞源 1/ˈt͡ʃænəl/

  • 1

    The hollow bed of running waters; (also) the bed of the sea or other body of water.

    • The water coming out of the waterwheel created a standing wave in the channel.
  • 2

    The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.

    • A channel was dredged to allow ocean-going vessels to reach the city.
    • European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.
  • 3

    The navigable part of a river.

    • We were careful to keep our boat in the channel.
  • 4

    A narrow body of water between two land masses.

    • The English Channel lies between France and England.
    • Our citizens and our businesses on both sides of the channel need more security and predictability for the future
  • 5

    Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.

    • The news was conveyed to us by different channels.
    • But I write to tell you what you will hear through all the various channels by which news travels,...
  • 6

    biochemistrybiologychemistryAn ion channel: pore-forming proteins located in a cell membrane that allow specific ions to pass through.

  • 7

    A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.

  • 8

    businessconstructionengineeringA structural member with a cross section shaped like a squared-off letter C.

    • The channel is not very efficient as a beam or column when used alone, but built-up members may be constructed of channels assembled together with other structural shapes and connected by rivets or welds.
另外 14 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    businesselectrical-engineeringelectricityA connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.

    • The guard-rail provided the channel between the downed wire and the tree.
  • 10

    businesselectrical-engineeringelectricityThe narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.

  • 11

    communicationcommunicationsThe part that connects a data source to a data sink.

    • A channel stretches between them.
  • 12

    communicationcommunicationsA path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.

    • We are using one of the 24 channels.
  • 13

    communicationcommunicationsA single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.

    • The channel is created by bonding the signals from these four pairs.
  • 14

    communicationcommunicationsA single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.

    • Their call is being carried on channel 6 of the T-1 line.
  • 15

    broadcastingmediaA specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.

    • KNDD is the channel at 107.7 MHz in Seattle.
  • 16

    broadcastingmediaA specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.

    • NBC is on channel 11 in San Jose.
    • 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi TV back then was five channels (three networks, PBS, and an independent station that ran I Love Lucy reruns), […]
  • 17

    The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head.

    • This chip in this disk drive is the channel device.
  • 18

    The part of a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.

    • The liquid is pressurized in the lateral channel.
  • 19

    businessmarketingA distribution channel.

  • 20

    A particular area for conversations on an IRC or similar network, analogous to a chat room and often dedicated to a specific topic.

    • The excerpt in Figure 1 below shows a list of some channel names as they appear to an IRC user. The left hand column displays the channel name, the middle column displays how many people are currently on the channel, and the right hand column indicates the theme of the channel or the current topic of conversation: […]
  • 21

    historicalA means of delivering up-to-date Internet content via a push mechanism.

    • Netcaster is the "receiver" for channels that are built into Netscape 4.01 and later releases.
    • To access channels in Windows 98, you don't have to go any farther than your desktop.
  • 22

    A psychic or medium who takes on the personality of a spirit and conveys messages from them.

channelverb詞源 2/ˈt͡ʃænəl/

  • 1

    To make or cut a channel or groove in.

  • 2

    To direct or guide along a desired course.

    • We will channel the traffic to the left with these cones.
    • The resources channelled to those institutions which showed themselves most adept at formfilling, self-promotion and presentation were inadequate to sustain the quality they claimed.
  • 3

    To serve as a medium for.

    • She was channeling the spirit of her late husband, Seth.
  • 4

    To follow as a model, especially in a performance.

    • He was trying to channel President Reagan, but the audience wasn't buying it.
    • When it is my turn to sing karaoke, I am going to channel Ray Charles.

channelnoun詞源 3/ˈt͡ʃænəl/

  • 1

    nauticaltransportThe wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains. One of the flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。