conduit
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++con·duit /ˈkɒndjuət, -dɪt $ ˈkɑːnduɪt/ noun [countable] 1. technicalTBC a pipe or passage through which water, gas, a set of electric wires etc passes 〔水、气、电线等的〕管道，导管2 formalTAKE/BRING a connection between two things that allows people to pass ideas, news, money, weapons, drugs etc from one place to another 〔传递想法、新闻、金钱、武器、毒品等的〕渠道，通道conduit for Drug traffickers have used the country as a conduit for shipments to the U.S. 毒品贩子利用这个国家作为把毒品运往美国的通道。
Examples from the Corpus
conduit• It operates as a conduit for ideas to flow freely throughout an organization.• This hampers the small banks that the non-banks use as a conduit for their services.• The receptor molecules are conduits for information, with one end outside the cell and the other inside.• The meter and service pipe should not touch or be close to any electrical conduit or apparatus.• The corridor inside was a grey conduit for numerous pipes and fittings, lit by plain white bulbs.• In any case the L.C.C. used the slot conduit system and the Company used overhead wires.Origin conduit (1300-1400) Old French Latin conductus; → CONDUCT1con·duit nounChineseSyllable
a gas, passage a which set or Corpus pipe through water,
conduit
con‧duit /ˈkɒndjuət, ˈkɒndjuɪt, -dɪt $ ˈkɑːnduət/
noun [countable]1. technical a pipe or passage through which water, gas, a set of electric wires etc passes
2. formal a connection between two things that allows people to pass ideas, news, money, weapons, drugs etc from one place to another
conduit for
Drug traffickers have used the country as a conduit for shipments to the U.S.
con‧duit /ˈkɒndjuət, ˈkɒndjuɪt, -dɪt $ ˈkɑːnduət/
noun [countable]1. technical a pipe or passage through which water, gas, a set of electric wires etc passes2. formal a connection between two things that allows people to pass ideas, news, money, weapons, drugs etc from one place to another
conduit for