单词 | sluice |
释义 | sluice 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. sluice, 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. |
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