| 单词 | sluice |
| 释义 | sluice n. & v. --n 1. (also sluice-gate, sluice-valve) a sliding gate or other contrivance for controlling the volume or flow of water. 2. (also sluice-way) an artificial water-channel esp. for washing ore. 3. a place for rinsing. 4. the act or an instance of rinsing. 5. the water above or below or issuing through a floodgate. --v 1. tr. provide or wash with a sluice or sluices. 2. tr. rinse, pour or throw water freely upon. 3. tr. (foll. by out, away) wash out or away with a flow of water. 4. tr. flood with water from a sluice. 5. intr. (of water) rush out from a sluice, or as if from a sluice. Etymology: ME f. OF escluse ult. f. L excludere EXCLUDE |
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