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单词 sluice
释义

sluice /sloos/

noun
  1. A structure with a gate for stopping or regulating flow of water
  2. A floodgate or watergate
  3. A regulated outlet or inlet
  4. A drain or channel for water
  5. A trough for washing gold from sand, etc
  6. An act of sluicing
transitive verb
  1. To let out or drain by a sluice
  2. To wet or drench copiously
  3. To wash in or by a sluice
  4. To flush or swill by flinging water on
  5. To dash with water
ORIGIN: OFr escluse (Fr écluse), from LL exclūsa (aqua) a sluice, ie (water) shut out, pap of L exclūdere to shut out

sluicˈy adjective

  1. Streaming as from a sluice
  2. Sluicelike
  3. Soaking

sluiceˈgate noun

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