sluice

noun

/sluːs/

(also sluice gate)

a sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water out of or into a canal, etc.水闸；闸门
- We opened the sluices and the upstream water of the river poured into the lock.我们打开水闸，上游的河水涌入船闸。
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Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Sluice is used before these nouns:
gate
Word OriginMiddle English (as a noun): from Old French escluse ‘sluice gate’, based on Latin excludere ‘exclude’. The verb dates from the late 16th cent.

sluice

verb

/sluːs/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they sluice	/sluːs/ /sluːs/
he / she / it sluices	/ˈsluːsɪz/ /ˈsluːsɪz/
past simple sluiced	/sluːst/ /sluːst/
past participle sluiced	/sluːst/ /sluːst/
-ing form sluicing	/ˈsluːsɪŋ/ /ˈsluːsɪŋ/

[transitive] to wash something with a stream of water冲洗
- sluice something down The ship's crew was sluicing down the deck.船员们正在冲洗甲板。
- sluice something out Residents are sluicing out their homes after flash floods at the weekend.周末山洪爆发后，居民们正在清理家园。
- sluice something with something I quickly sluiced my face with cold water.我赶紧用冷水洗脸。
[intransitive] + adv./prep. (of water) to flow somewhere in large quantities（大量地）流，泻
- Rain was sluicing down.雨正在倾盆而下。
- Water came sluicing out of the house.水从房子里涌出来。

Word OriginMiddle English (as a noun): from Old French escluse ‘sluice gate’, based on Latin excludere ‘exclude’. The verb dates from the late 16th cent.