canal

運河、用水路

船の通行や田畑への給水のために造られた水路。

やさしい英語で： A water route people build for boats or to carry water to fields.

• A boat passed along the canal.
• They built a canal to carry water to the fields.
• We cycled beside the old canals.

類義語： waterway

よく使う表現： canal boat, along the canal

管、導管

体や植物の内部にある、物が通る細い通路。

やさしい英語で： A narrow passage inside a body or plant through which something can pass.

• Water entered her ear canal.
• The dentist cleaned the root canal.
• Fluid moves through tiny canals in the plant.

類義語： channel, passage

よく使う表現： ear canal, root canal

運河を造る

ある場所を通る人工の水路を造る。

やさしい英語で： To build an artificial water route through a place.

• They planned to canal through the low hills.
• Workers canalled the land to connect the lakes.
• The company proposed to canal across the plain.

使い方： canal through/across something (They wanted to canal through the valley.)

よく使う表現： canal through something, canal the land