canal /ka'nael/ noun 1 a long straight passage dug in the ground and filled with water for boats and ships to travel along; a smaller passage used for carrying water to fields, crops，etc.运河；灌溉渠：the Panama/Suez Canal!巴拿马/’苏伊士运河◊ an frrigatt'on ca/iaZ —条灌 溉渠 2 a tube inside the body through which liquid, food or air can pass 导管；备道；气管一see also

ALIMENTARY CANAL

ca'nal boat noun a long narrow boat used on canals 运河船（船体狭长)一picture o page R3

can-al-ize (BrE also -ise) /'kaenalaiz/ verb [VN] 1 (tech- n/〇7/ 术语).to make a river wider, deeper or straighter; to make a river into a canal 把（河道）加宽，加深，加 直；把（河流）改建成运M 2 (/ormo/) to control an emotion, activity, etc. so that it is aimed at a particular purpose把（情绪、行为等.)引向某一渠道Hem channel ► can-al.iza.tion, -isa-tion /.kaenalai’zeijn; AMmf  /7〇w/i [U】

can-ape /'kaenepei; NAmE .kaena'pei/ noun [usually pi.] a small biscuit or piece of bread with cheese, meat, fish, etc. on it, usually served with drinks at a party 小饼

于，面包片，开胃饼,(上面附有奶酪、肉.鱼等，通常在 聚会上与饮料一起提供）

can-ard /kae'naid; 'kaenaid; NAmE ka'naird; 'kaenaird/ noun {formal) a false report or piece of news  ^

道；假新闻

can-ary /ka'neari; NAmE -'neri/ noun {pi. -ies) a small yellow bird with a beautiful song, often kept in a cage as a pet 金丝雀 IT»TOI see cat

can-asta /ka'naesta/ noun [u] a card game played with two packs of cards by two pairs of players who try to collect sets of cards卡纳斯塔纸牌戏（用两副纸牌，四人

分两家尽量组成牌组）

can-can /'kaenkaen/ noun (often the cancan) [sing.] a fast dance in which a line of women kick their legs high in the air康康舞，坎坎舞（女子排成队、髙高 踢腿）

can-cel Oyt I'ksensl/ verb{-\\-, US -I-)

1 [VN] to decide that sth that has been arranged will not now take place 取消；撤销；终止：AH月ights have been canceled because 0/bad weather.因天气恶劣，所有航 班均被取消。'◊ Don’t /orget to canceZ 'the newspaper (=arrange for it not to be delivered) before going away. 外出前，别忘了停订报纸。一 compare postpone 2 to say that you no longer want to continue with an agree­ment, especially one that has been legally arranged M 销，取消，废除（具有法律效力的协议）：_] to caned a poZipy/subscriprion 取消保单；停止订阅◊ Js ft too Zate to caned my order?我现在取消订单是不是太晚了 ？ ◊ The US has agreed to cancel debts (= say that they no longer need to be paid) totaHfng 幻0 miHion.美国已同 意免除总额为1 〇〇〇万元的债务。◊ [V]】Vo charge be made i/you canceZ within 20 days.如果在.10 天以内 取消，不收费用。3 [VN] to mark a ticket or stamp so that it cannot be used again 盖销，注销（票或邮票） .cancel out | .cancel sth<-+'outif two or more things cancel out or one cancels out the other, they are equally important but have an opposite effect on a situation so tiiat the situation does not change 抵消； 对消：Recent Zosses have canceHed out any prq/iite maefe at the start 0/the year.最近的亏搞与％初W盈利相抵消。

〇 The advantages and disadvantages would appear to caned each other out. _看来是利弊参半。

can-cel-bot /'kaenslbot; NAmE -bait/ noun (computing if) a program that can find and remove messages that groups of people on the Internet do not want to receive 清除程序（可自劫查出弁删除网络新闻组中大家不想接收 的消| )

can-cel-la-tion /.kaensa'leijn/ (NAmE also can-cel-ation) noun 1 [U, c] a decision to stop sth that has already been arranged from happening; a statement that sth will not happen 取消；撤％: We need, at least 24 hours1 nott’ce 0/canceHarion•如欲取消，请至少提前24小时告 知。◊ a canceHation /ee:佳销费◊ ffeavy seas Can cause canceHation o//erry services.海上起风浪会导致渡轮航班 取消。◊ CanceHatfons must be made in urfting.撤每必

'細有％ 面通知。2 [C] .something that has .been cancelled 被威消了的‘物：Are there any canceHations /or this