channel

香奈儿是chanel，少一个n。它和chef一样，ch读/ʃ/。

How to Pronounce Chicago

Break the word "Chicago" into syllables. This becomes "chi-ca-go" and will help you master the pronunciation. The first syllable is the least controversial. There is not much debate over how to pronounce it.

• Pronounce the "Chi" as "Shi." In other words, the "Ch" is not the "ch" sound in English words like "cheese" or "chips." The "i" is pronounced as the "i" in "it."
• Rather, the "Ch" in Chicago is pronounced like the "sh" in the words "shut" and "shirt." 
• The stronger emphasis should be on the middle syllable of the word though.

据LDOCE, channel: Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: chanel, from Latin canalis。“法语里ch都念sh”的说法可能是错误的。

Channel, channels, channeling, etc., may refer to:

• Channel (geography), in physical geography, a landform consisting of the outline (banks) of the path of a narrow body of water.
• Communication channel, a transmission medium used to convey information
• Audio channel, a communications channel in a storage device used in operations such as multitrack recording and playback
• Channel (broadcasting), a range of frequencies assigned for the operation of a television, radio, or other broadcast station
• Television channel, a television station or its cable/satellite counterpart
• Channel (digital image), the grayscale representation of a primary color in a digital image
• Channel (programming), in computer science, a tool used for interprocess communication
• Channel I/O, in computing, a high-performance input/output (I/O) architecture
• Video blog, hosted by a video-sharing website or channel
• Channel (semiconductor), a part of the structure of a field-effect transistor
• Ion channel, a protein that allows ion flow through a cell membrane
• Scattering channel, a concept in quantum mechanics
• Strut channel, a standardized formed structural system used in the construction and electrical industries

In physical geography, a channel is a type of landform consisting of the outline of a path of relatively shallow and narrow body of fluid, most commonly the confine of a river, river delta or strait. The word is cognate [同源] to canal /kəˈnæl/, and sometimes takes this form, e.g. the Hood Canal.

Natural channels are formed by fluvial process and are found across the Earth. These are mostly formed by flowing water from the hydrological [水文的] cycle, though can also be formed by other fluids such as flowing lava can form lava channels. Channels also describe the deeper course through a reef, sand bar, bay, or any shallow body of water. An example of a river running through a sand bar is the Columbia Bar - the mouth of the Columbia river.

Hydrology is the science that encompasses the occurrence, distribution, movement and properties of the waters of the earth and their relationship with the environment within each phase of the hydrologic cycle.

文：1. 事物错综所造成的纹理或形象：灿若～锦；2. 自然界的某些现象：天～。水～。
章：歌曲诗文的段落：～节。～句。乐～。～回体。顺理成～。断～取义。
文化：文治教化。汉．刘向《说苑．卷一五．指武》：「凡武之兴，为不服也，文化不改，然后加诛。」

A stream channel is the physical confine of a stream (river) consisting of a bed and stream banks. Stream channels exist in a variety of geometries. Stream channel development is controlled by both water and sediment movement. There is a difference between low gradient streams (less than a couple of percent in gradient or slightly sloped) and high gradient streams (steeply sloped). A wide variety of stream channel types can be distinguished (e.g. braided rivers, wandering rivers, single-thread sinuous [蜿蜒的] rivers etc.). During floods, water flow may exceed the capacity of the channel and flood waters will spill out of the channel and across the valley bottom, floodplain or drainage area.

sine和sinuous的词源都是拉丁文的sinus。

Examples of rivers that are trapped in their channels: Grand Canyon and Black Canyon of the Gunnison.

In a larger nautical context, as a geographical place name, the term channel is another word for strait, which is defined as a relatively narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water. In this nautical context, the terms strait, channel, sound, and passage are synonymous and usually interchangeable. For example, in an archipelago, the water between islands is typically called a channel or passage. The English Channel is the strait between England and France.

Plymouth Sound: 普利茅斯海峡。Plymouth Sound, or locally just The Sound, is a deep Inlet or sound in the English Channel near Plymouth in England.

六级/考研单词: geography, physics, outline, medium, convey, audio, podcast, assign, satellite, counterpart, digit, compute, blog, website, transistor, scatter, mechanic, construct, shallow, fluid, confine, strait, canal, bay, differentiate, spill, trap, synonym