canal
gb/kənˈæl/ us/kənˈæl/
B1
Inglese
~ 7200
csatorna, járat, marsi csatorna
SOSTANTIVO
B1
1
csatorna
B1
Schema d'uso:
a canal through [a place]
The government built a new canal to connect the river to the port.
A kormány új csatornát épített, hogy összekösse a folyót a kikötővel.
Farmers use water from the irrigation canal to water their crops during the dry season.
A gazdák az öntözőcsatorna vizével öntözik a növényeiket a száraz évszakban.
The Panama Canal greatly shortened the sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
The city plans to clean up the old industrial canal and open it for tourist boats.
A narrow canal runs through the center of the town, lined with cafes and houses.
Esempi per chi studia
Small boats move slowly along the canal.
A kis hajók lassan haladnak a csatornán.
There is a canal behind my house with dirty water.
A házam mögött egy piszkos vizű csatorna van.
They dug a canal to bring water to the fields.
We took a tour on the city canal at night.
Errore comune:
Learners sometimes confuse "canal" with "channel" or "river". A river is natural, while a canal is man-made. A channel can be natural or artificial and is often used for sea passages, not just inland waterways.
Significato
man-made waterway for boats
Collocazioni
ship canal
|irrigation canal
|drainage canal
|canal system
|the Suez Canal
|the Panama Canal
Sinonimi
waterway (General word for any route for travel on water, natural or artificial; not limited to man-made channels.)
|
channel (Similar idea of a narrow water passage, but can be natural as well as artificial.)
Temi
geography
|transport
|infrastructure
|travel
|transportation
|nature
Definizione
A long, thin water passage that people build so boats can travel or water can be moved for farming or other uses.
A long, narrow, man-made water channel built to allow boats to travel or to move water for purposes such as irrigation or drainage.
SOSTANTIVO
B2
2
Schema d'uso:
the [body part] canal
The doctor said there was a buildup of earwax in my ear canal.
Az orvos azt mondta, hogy fülzsír halmozódott fel a hallójáratomban.
During the procedure, the dentist cleaned the infected tissue from the root canal.
A beavatkozás során a fogorvos eltávolította a fertőzött szövetet a gyökércsatornából.
The baby moves through the birth canal during childbirth.
The spinal cord runs through a bony canal inside the spine.
Insects have a special food canal in their mouthparts for sucking liquids.
Esempi per chi studia
The nurse checked inside my ear canal with a light.
Az ápoló lámpával megvizsgálta a hallójáratomat.
I had pain in my tooth, so the dentist did a root canal.
Fájt a fogam, ezért a fogorvos gyökérkezelést végzett.
The baby passes through the birth canal when it is born.
Water should not stay in your ear canal for a long time.
Errore comune:
Learners may mix the everyday waterway meaning of "canal" with the medical meaning and think they are completely different words. They are actually related: both are long, narrow passages, but in medicine the canal is inside the body.
Significato
narrow passage in the body
Collocazioni
ear canal
|root canal
|birth canal
|anal canal
|spinal canal
Sinonimi
passage (Very general word for a way through something; does not always suggest a tube-like shape or a body part.)
|
duct (Often used in anatomy for small tubes that carry fluids, but not used for terms like "birth canal".)
Temi
medicine
|biology
|body
|health
|science
Definizione
A small, tube-like space in a body part that lets liquid or other material move through, like in the ear or in a tooth.
A narrow, tube-like passage in the body or in an organ through which fluid or other material can pass, such as the ear canal or root canal.
SOSTANTIVO
C1
TECHNICAL
3
Schema d'uso:
Martian canals
Early astronomers misinterpreted the dark lines as artificial Martian canals.
A korai csillagászok a sötét vonalakat tévesen mesterséges marsi csatornáknak értelmezték.
The so-called canals on Mars were later shown to be optical illusions.
Később kiderült, hogy az úgynevezett marsi csatornák optikai csalódások voltak.
Science fiction writers used the idea of Martian canals to imagine an advanced alien civilization.
Esempi per chi studia
Long ago, people believed there were canals on Mars.
Régen az emberek azt hitték, hogy csatornák vannak a Marson.
Today we know the Martian canals were only a mistake in what people saw.
Ma már tudjuk, hogy a marsi csatornák csak megfigyelési tévedések voltak.
Old books about space sometimes talk about canals on Mars.
Significato
supposed artificial lines on Mars
Collocazioni
Martian canals
|canals on Mars
Sinonimi
surface markings (A broader, more neutral term that does not include the old idea that they were artificial channels.)
Temi
astronomy
|history
|science
|space
|nature
Definizione
A long, thin line seen on the surface of Mars that people in the past thought was a man-made water passage.
A long, narrow, line-like surface feature observed on Mars or another planet, once thought to be artificial channels built by intelligent beings, but now known to be an observational illusion or natural feature.
Grammatica
Forma base
canal
IPA
GB/kənˈæl/
US/kənˈæl/
Sillabe e accento
canal (1 sillaba)
Forme flesse
Noun
- Base: canal
- Plural: canals
Famiglia di parole
Forms
canals
noun
Related words
channel
noun A2
waterway
noun
Advanced or less common
canalize
verb
canalization
noun
Espressioni
birth canal
1/bˈɚθ kənˈæl/
fixed phrase
body passage baby moves through
The passage in a woman’s body that a baby goes through when it is being born.
Esempi
- The baby became stuck in the birth canal and doctors had to act quickly.
- Certain complications can make it difficult for the baby to pass through the birth canal safely.
- The class showed diagrams of the birth canal to explain the stages of labor.
ear canal
1/ˈɪɹ kənˈæl/
fixed phrase
tube from outer ear to eardrum
The small tube inside the ear that goes from the hole you can see to the eardrum.
Esempi
- Water got trapped in my ear canal after swimming.
- Doctors warn people not to put cotton buds deep into the ear canal.
- An infection in the ear canal can cause pain and temporary hearing loss.
root canal
1/ɹˈut kənˈæl/
fixed phrase
dental treatment for tooth nerve
A dental treatment where the dentist takes out the sick soft part inside a tooth, cleans it, and closes it so the tooth can stay in the mouth.
Esempi
- My toothache was so bad that I needed a root canal.
- The dentist recommended a root canal instead of pulling the tooth out.
- After the root canal, my tooth felt much better, although the procedure took a long time.