sluices是什么意思？

sluices

• n. 水闸( sluice的名词复数 )，（用水闸控制的）水，有闸人工水道，漂洗处；
• v. 冲洗( sluice的第三人称单数 )，（指水）喷涌而出，漂净，给…安装水闸；

例句

• Sluices and valves govern the flow of liquid and makeshift meters record the water - levels. 这些容器里的水由阀门控制着,水位由临时安放的尺子标注.
• The sluices are worked from the control board. 闸门是由控制台操纵的.
• Excess water will drain through sluices into the sea. 过剩的水将会通过水闸排放到海里去.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  (设有可开启和关闭的水闸的)泄洪道，泄水道
  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。