sluice
🇺🇸
/sluːs/
🇬🇧
/sluːs/
noun
R
A sluice is a gate or device that controls the flow of water in a canal or river.
We opened the sluices, allowing water to flow from the river into the irrigation system.
我们打开了水闸，让河水流入灌溉系统。
verb
R
To sluice something means to wash it with a strong flow of water.
The workers sluiced the mud off the equipment using high-pressure hoses.
工人们使用高压水枪将泥浆从设备上冲掉。
R
When water sluices somewhere, it flows there very quickly and in large amounts.
The rain sluiced through the gutters, causing them to overflow.
雨水从排水沟中冲过，导致它们溢出。
translation
水闸
冲洗, 倾泻
词形变化
3rd Present
sluices
Past
sluiced
Perfect
sluiced
Progressive
sluicing
Plural
sluices