To draw off or let out water from (a pond, lake, etc.) by means of a sluice or sluices. Frequently figurative and transferred.
| 单词 | θ74284 |
| 释义 | the world > matter > liquid > action or process of extracting > extract liquid [verb (transitive)] > by or as by a sluice (2) sluice1594 To draw off or let out water from (a pond, lake, etc.) by means of a sluice or sluices. Frequently figurative and transferred. sluice1753 To lead or draw off by, or as by, a sluice. |
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