multichannel
adjective (also multi-channel) uk/ˌmʌl.tiˈtʃæn.spə/spl/ us/ˌmʌl.tiˈtʃæn.spə/spl/
(BUSINESS)
business specialized（产品）通过多渠道销售的;（信息）通过多渠道提供的
involving or using many different ways to make a product, information, etc. available
Multichannel retailing refers to companies that sell online, in stores, and through catalogues. 多渠道零售是指通过网络、商店和目录销售等多种渠道销售产品的公司。
Retailers plan to aggressively pursue multi-channel marketing. 零售商计划积极推行多渠道营销。
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- Many internet businesses are in fact multi-channel retailers.
- specialty businesses that focus on multichannel distribution
- Multichannel shoppers go into stores to touch products, go online to research prices, subscribe to e-mail lists that send out coupons, skim through catalogs and get stores' promotional messages on cellphones.
(RADIO/SOUND)
（信号收发）多频道的
involving several different channels that can be used to send out or receive signals
Security staff use multichannel digital radios that work in tunnels. 安保人员使用的是可以在隧道内收发信号的多通道数字无线电设备。
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- Parsons was a U. S. Army multichannel radio operator at Fort Hood, Texas.
- They use the Joint Tactical Radio System, which provides multichannel voice, data, imagery and video communications.
- Regular stereos just can't match the depth and definition of this high-quality multichannel standard.
(TELEVISION)
（电视）多频道的
involving or having many different television stations
These consumers are more likely to have multichannel television not because they watch more television, but because they want more choice. 这些消费者更愿意拥有多频道电视，不是因为他们更爱看电视，而是因为他们希望有更多的选择。
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- TV stations are trying to come up with a business model of how to live in a multichannel universe.
- Television - in an age when one in three have some form of multichannel TV - is no longer as "special" as it once was.