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sluice

noun
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(also sluice gate)
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  1. 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，河上游的水倒入了船闸。
    Topics Geographyc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySluice is used before these nouns:
    • gate
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    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
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they sluice
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he / she / it sluices
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past simple sluiced
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past participle sluiced
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-ing form sluicing
🔊/ˈsluːsɪŋ/
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  1. [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.周末山洪暴发后，居民们纷纷赶出家门。
    • sluice something with something I quickly sluiced my face with cold water.我迅速用冷水把脸洗干净。
  2. [intransitive] + adv./prep. (of water水) to flow somewhere in large quantities（大量地）流，泻
    • Rain was sluicing down.雨水冲了下来。
    • Water came sluicing out of the house.水从房子里冲了出来。
    3. 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.