sluice

英 [sluːs]

美 [sluːs]

n.  水闸; 闸门
v.  冲洗; (大量地)流，泻

复数：sluices　过去式：sluiced　现在分词：sluicing　过去分词：sluiced　第三人称单数：sluices　

GRE

BNC.21555 / COCA.27590

牛津词典

noun

• 水闸；闸门
  a sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water out of or into a canal , etc.

verb

• 冲洗
  to wash sth with a stream of water
  1. The ship's crew was sluicing down the deck.
     船员们正在冲洗甲板。
• （大量地）流，泻
  to flow somewhere in large quantities

柯林斯词典

• (设有可开启和关闭的水闸的)泄洪道，泄水道
  Asluiceis a passage that carries a current of water and has a barrier, called a sluice gate, which can be opened and closed to control the flow of water.
• VERB 冲洗
  If yousluicesomething orsluiceit down or out, you wash it with a stream of water.
  1. He sluiced the bath and filled it...
     他冲洗了浴缸，然后放满了一缸水。
  2. Ten minutes later we were sluicing off dust at the fountain in the town centre.
     10 分钟之后，我们就在市中心的喷泉里冲洗身上的灰尘了。

英英释义

noun

• conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
  Synonym:sluicewaypenstock

verb

• irrigate with water from a sluice
  1. sluice the earth
  Synonym:flush
• draw through a sluice
  1. sluice water
• transport in or send down a sluice
  1. sluice logs
• pour as if from a sluice
  1. An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef
  Synonym:sluice down

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