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channels 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈCHanl/,
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channels, plural;
  1. Direct toward a particular end or object
    • - advertisers channel money into radio
  2. Guide along a particular route or through a specified medium
    • - many countries channel their aid through charities
  3. (of a person) Serve as a medium for (a spirit)

  4. Emulate or seem to be inspired by
    • - Meg Ryan plays Avery as if she's channeling Nicole Kidman
  5. Form channels or grooves in
    • - the lower jawbone is deeply channeled
Noun
  1. A length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, esp. two seas

  2. The navigable part of a waterway
    • - buoys marked the safe limits of the channel
  3. A hollow bed for a natural or artificial waterway

  4. The English Channel

  5. A narrow gap or passage
    • - a channel opened up between two lines of cars
  6. A tubular passage or duct for liquid

  7. An electric circuit that acts as a path for a signal
    • - an audio channel
  8. A groove or flute, esp. in a column

  9. The semiconductor region in a field-effect transistor that forms the main current path between the source and the drain

  10. A band of frequencies used in radio and television transmission, esp. as used by a particular station

  11. A service or station using such a band
    • - a shopping channel
  12. A medium for communication or the passage of information
    • - they didn't apply through the proper channels
  1. official routes of communication; "you have to go through channels"
  2. (channel) a path over which electrical signals can pass; "a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company"
  3. (channel) impart: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"
  4. (channel) direct the flow of; "channel information towards a broad audience"
  5. (channel) 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"
  6. (channel) transmit: send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message"
  7. Channels, released in 2008, is love story sometimes described as delving into thoughts of existentialism. The film was written, directed, produced and acted in by Nat Christian. The film stars Kim Oja, Nat Christian, Ed Asner, John Kassir, Joan Van Ark and Taylor Negron. ...
  8. Channels is a rock band. They are based in Baltimore, Maryland.
  9. The Channels were an American doo wop group from New York City.
  10. (A-Channel (Craig)) A-Channel was a Canadian television system owned by Craig Media from 1997 to 2004 and CHUM Limited from 2004 to 2005. It consisted of Craig's television stations in Winnipeg, Calgary and Edmonton, and was the company's unsuccessful attempt to build a national network.
  11. (Channel (broadcasting)) In broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies (or, equivalently, wavelengths) assigned by a government for the operation of a particular television station or radio station. ...
  12. (Channel (chart pattern)) A price channel is a pair of parallel trend lines that form a chart pattern for a stock or commodity. Channels may be horizontal, ascending or descending. ...
  13. Formal lines of command and procedure
  14. (channel) The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks; The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water; The navigable part of a river; A narrow body of water between two land masses; A connection between initiating and ...
  15. (CHANNEL) An open-ended “C” shape with no return lips; may be either cold-formed or hot-rolled.
  16. (Channel) (also gutter). Semicircular grooves or drop-off area on each side of the bowling surface.
  17. (Channel) A Wii application bundled in a WAD which typically also contains banner animations and sound that make it loadable from the System Menu, but some channels are “hidden”.
  18. (Channel) A signal path of specified bandwidth for conveying information such as voice, data and video.
  19. (Channel) One of the five senses. (See “Representational Systems.”)
  20. (Channel) When prices trend between two parallel trendlines, this is referred to as a channel.
  21. (Channel) an old term for the bridge.
  22. (channel) (1) The smallest subdivision of a transmission system by means of which a single type of communication service is provided, for example, a voice channel or a data channel. (2) A communications path via a carrier or microwave radio. ...
  23. (channel) A navigable route on a waterway, usually marked by buoys. Channels are similar to roads where the water is known to be deep enough for ships or boats to sail without running aground.
  24. (channel) An extruded length of material (plastic, aluminum, steel) in the shape of a squaredoff U (a rectangular box with one side removed). ...
  25. (channel) The bed of a stream or river. This can also refer to a submerged stream or river channel in a reservoir.