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.
我們打開了水閘，讓河水流入灌溉系統。
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.
工人們使用高壓水槍將泥漿從設備上沖掉。
R
When water sluices somewhere, it flows there very quickly and in large amounts.
The rain sluiced through the gutters, causing them to overflow.
雨水從排水溝中沖過，導致它們溢出。
translation
水閘
沖洗, 傾瀉
詞形變化
3rd Present
sluices
Past
sluiced
Perfect
sluiced
Progressive
sluicing
Plural
sluices