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sluice

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n.水闸,泄水 v.开闸放水,流出,冲洗,奔泻

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sluice为短语/超纲词汇

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

sluice


/slu:s; slus/
n
1 (also `sluice-gate, `sluice-valve) sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water out of or into a canal, lake, lock, etc 水门; 水闸
*open the sluice-gates of a reservoir 放开水库的闸门.
2 water controlled by this (水闸内的)蓄水.
3 (also `sluice-way) artificial water-channel, esp where gold-miners rinse gold out of sand and dirt 人工水道; (尤指金矿工人用以冲洗金砂的)洗矿槽.

v
1 [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (down/out) wash or rinse sth with a stream of water 冲洗某物
*sluice ore, ie to separate it from gravel, etc 冲洗矿砂(使之与砂砾等分开)
* sluice out the stables 冲洗马厩
* We sluiced the muddy wheels (down) with a hose. 我们用水龙软管冲洗沾满泥浆的轮子.
2 (phr v) sluice away, out, out of sth, etc (of water) flow away, out, etc as if from a sluice (指水)(如同从水闸中)流走、泄出等
*water sluicing out of the hole 从洞口流出的水.