a shipping canal connecting the Mediterranean at Port Said with the Red Sea. It was constructed between 1859 and 1869 by Ferdinand de Lesseps. From 1888 it was a neutral zone under British protection; its nationalization by Egypt in 1956 prompted the Suez crisis.
苏伊士运河(在赛德港处连接地中海与红海的航运运河,1859—1869年间由费迪南德·德雷赛布开凿,1888年后为英国保护下的中立地带,1956年被埃及收归国有,由此引发了苏伊士危机)。