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小词详解 | conduit
conduit 英 [ˈkɒndjuɪt] 美 [ˈkɑːnduɪt]
Trade is the conduit through which economic pain passes from one country to another.
贸易是经济痛苦从一国传到另一国的管道。
——《经济学人》In that role, Google is not just an eponymous verb but perhaps the most central conduit of information in the nation — and, indeed, on the planet.
在这方面,谷歌不仅是一个同名动词,还可能是美国乃至全球最主要的信息通道。
——《纽约时报》
[名词] 输送水或其它液体的通道
这会导致排水管、溢流管及其他水管周围出现问题。
This causes problems around culverts, overflow pipes, and other water conduits.
燃气管道不应靠近任何电线管。
The gas pipe should not be close to any electrical conduit.
那家机构充当了从军火工业向他处中转资金的渠道。
The organization had acted as a conduit for money from the arms industry.
The telescope is a conduit to the cosmos.
望远镜是通往宇宙的通道。
duct: a tube or passageway in a building or machine for air, liquid, cables, etc. gutter: a channel at the side of a street for carrying off rainwater groove: a long, narrow cut or depression, especially one made to guide motion or receive a corresponding ridge