sluice
- IPA[sluːs]
英式
- a sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water, especially one in a lock gate；an artificial water channel for carrying off overflow or surplus water.
- wash or rinse freely with a stream or shower of water；(of water) pour or flow freely
noun: sluice, plural noun: sluices
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water, especially one in a lock gate the water gushed through the sluices lake levels are now regulated by sluices
- ▪ an artificial water channel for carrying off overflow or surplus water.
- ▪ (in gold mining) a channel or trough constructed with grooves into which a current of water is directed in order to separate gold from the ore containing it.
- 2. an act of rinsing or showering with water a sluice with cold water
動詞
- 1. wash or rinse freely with a stream or shower of water she sluiced her face in cold water crews sluiced down the decks of their ship 同義詞
- ▪ (of water) pour or flow freely the waves sluiced over them 同義詞
- 更多解釋
- IPA[slo͞os]
美式
- a sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water, especially one in a lock gate: the water gushed through the sluices lake levels are now regulated by sluices
- wash or rinse freely with a stream or shower of water: she sluiced her face in cold water crews sluiced down the decks of their ship
Oxford American Dictionary
