A sluice is a passage that carries a current of water and has a barrier, called a sluice gate, which can be opened and closed to control the flow of water.
VERB
冲洗
If you sluice something or sluice it down or out, you wash it with a stream of water.
例句
He sluiced the bath and filled it...他冲洗了浴缸,然后放满了一缸水。Ten minutes later we were sluicing off dust at the fountain in the town centre.10 分钟之后,我们就在市中心的喷泉里冲洗身上的灰尘了。
英汉词典释义
n.
水闸,闸门
We opened the sluice and the water poured in.我们打开闸门,水就涌了进来。
vt.
冲 洗, 洗淨( 表面)
They sluice the streets down every morning.他们每天早晨冲洗街道。An attendant was sluicing out the changing rooms.一位服务员正在冲洗更衣室。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
Verb
1. pour as if from a sluice;
"An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"