| 词汇 | conduit |
| 释义 | conduit noun[ C ] uk /ˈkɒn.dʒuː.ɪt/ us /ˈkɑːn.duː.ɪt/ a pipe or passage for water or electrical wires to go through: （水、电线等的）管道，导管 They make pipes and tubes that are used in construction and as electrical conduits. Cracks in the rocks can act as conduits, transporting polluted water upward. a way of connecting two places: （连接两地的）渠道 The warehouse will be a regional conduit for goods shipped to the port, then transported to stores.该仓库将成为运达港口的货物中转站，然后货物再分运至各商店。 someone or something that provides a way of passing something such as information or payments from one person to another: The social media platform has served as a conduit for misinformation. A captain is the conduit between the coach and the players. This subterranean passage is a conduit that can hold more than 1 billion gallons of waste water. Voles have eaten through wiring and conduits. Throughout history, oceans and seas have been vital conduits for trade and transportation. The country emerged as the main conduit of illegal drugs into the United States. Documents showed the company was the conduit for millions of dollars' worth of weapons purchased internationally. It was alleged that he used the lawyer as a conduit for illegal payments to witnesses. Building: plumbing, pipes & sewage ballcock black water catch basin caulking cesspit hot-water tank hydrant influent isolator leakage mixer tap plumb plunger sewage sewage works sewer siphon spigot standpipe waterworks You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Connecting and combining Communicating & keeping in touch conduit | Business Englishconduit noun[ C ] uk /ˈkɒndjuːɪt/ us /ˈkɑːnduː-/ a way of connecting two places, systems, etc.: There is growth in sales to Hong Kong, the conduit for exports to the rest of the area. a way of connecting two people or organizations: conduit between sb/sth and sb/sthThe proposal that a board's senior non-executive should become a prime conduit between a company and its shareholders is causing concern. conduit for sthThe new retail bank created by the merger might provide the insurance company with a conduit for selling its products to bank customers. COMMUNICATIONS something that carries or moves information: The internet has become a major conduit for video and sound (especially music) distribution. Examples of conduitconduit The patients who have subsequently had their conduit replaced are presented in the right panel. Ideally, the medium is supposed to be precisely what the word indicates: a neutral, transparent conduit between the two worlds. It provides a conduit for physiologically appropriate feedforward and feedback signals. They were subsequently referred for replacement of the conduit. This secured them a clientele of lords who depended on their support and could be used as conduits of imperial will. Those with descending aortic aneurysm underwent conduit placement, and those with valve disease underwent repair or replacement. The remaining 4 patients underwent reconstruction of the aortic arch using a patch or conduit. If a balance between both sides is not kept, we are left with a broken conduit. This is one of several indications that the system may have represented a technical advance on the city's conduit of two decades earlier. Toward the inlet of the conduit, the capstones consisted of extremely heavy, river-worn, shaped slabs of tuff. These projects have provided a conduit for the exchange of opinion between central government and older people. This conduit closes during atrial systole, but reopens through the rest of the cardiac cycle. There are numerous potential advantages of using an extracardiac conduit, from both surgical and physiologic standpoints. Capstones also made of volcanic tuff covered the conduit for the length of its course, although differences in how the capstones were worked are apparent. Language is a key factor in the conduits through which punk travels. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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