conduit

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈkɑnd(j)ʊɪt/|/ˈkɑndɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.; A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.
    — This channel is a conduit to send the excess water back to the millpond.
  2. A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.; A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled: electrical conduit.
    — Last week the electricians were running conduit, and this week they'll be pulling cable.
  3. A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.; Any pattern, typically composed of still lifes or oscillators, used to transfer an active region to another location without being destroyed or permanently modified in the process.
  4. A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.; A means by which something is transmitted. figuratively
    — The medium considered herself a conduit for messages from the spirit world.
  5. A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.; An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off–balance sheet bank assets.

词形变化

conduits plural cundite alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
anticonduit conduit bender conduitlike microconduit

词源

From Middle English conduyt, condit, from Old French conduit, from Latin conductus. Doublet of conduct.
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