音标：[slu:s]
n. 水门, 水闸, 蓄水
vt. 泄洪, 冲洗
vi. 奔流
在线英汉词典
sluice的短语、例句：
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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