early 15c., from French canal, chanel "water channel, tube, pipe, gutter" (12c.), from Latin canalis "water pipe, groove, channel," noun use of adjective from canna "reed" (see cane (n.)). Originally in English "a pipe for liquid," its sense transferred by 1670s to "artificial waterway."
例文
1. The rough rock walls were like the sides of a deep canal .
凸凹の石垣は深い運河の川岸のようだ。
2.Long-mothballed projects like widening the Suez Canal are being dusted off.
スエズ運河の拡張など、長期的に棚上げにされてきた計画が再採用されている。
3.Hearing can be affected by ear wax blocking the ear canal .
耳垢が耳道を塞ぐと聴力に影響する可能性があります。/
4.Egypt has lost out on revenues from the Suez Canal .