sluice

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  • n.
    水闸
    (用水闸控制的)水
    有闸人工水道
    漂洗处
  • vt.
    冲洗
    (指水)喷涌而出
    漂净
    给…安装水闸

单词词源

sluice 水闸,闸门,冲洗,流泻

来自早期拼写 scluse,来自古法语 escluse,来自拉丁语 exclusa,水闸,闸门,来自 ex-,向外,-claus, 关闭,阻挡,词源同 close,conclusion.引申动词词义冲洗,流泻。

双语例句

1. Pouring from or as if from a sluice : the sluicing rain .
从水闸或类似于水闸的地方倾泻出的:倾盆大雨。
2. Irrigate with water from a sluice .
利用开闸放水来灌溉。
3. Experts believe that this sediment will build up behind the dam , with only an unproven system of sluice gates to release it .
专家认为泥沙将会在大坝后堆积,将仅经过一个未知的水闸系统排放。
4. Running process : after the motor is started up and runs , the sluice gate begins to descend .
运行过程:电机启动运行,闸门开始下降运行。
5. Yu and his colleagues ar e dispatched to sluice gates during times of drought when the conservancy has to impose a potentially life-determining judgment on supplies .
在干旱季节,余和同事们会被派往水闸,此时水利委员会对水量供应做出的决策几乎生死攸关。

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