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- （亦作sluice gate）a sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water, especially one in a lock gate闸门, 水闸。
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- （亦作sluiceway /ˈsluːsweɪ/）an artificial water channel for carrying off overflow or surplus water有闸人工排水道。
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- (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（淘洗金矿砂用的）流槽。
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- an act of rinsing or showering with water漂洗（或冲洗）：
a sluice with cold water.
用冷水冲洗。
with obj.
1- wash or rinse freely with a stream or shower of water洗, 涮：
she sluiced her face in cold water
她用冷水冲脸
crews sluiced down the decks of their ship.
船员们冲洗船甲板。
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- no obj., with adverbial of direction(of water) pour, flow, or shower freely（水）涌入, 流过, 淋过：
the waves sluiced over them.
海浪冲刷着他们的身体。
词源
Middle English (as a noun)： from Old French escluse 'sluice gate', based on Latin excludere 'exclude'. The verb dates from the late 16th cent.