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 水門; 水閘
open the sluice-gates of a reservoir 放開水庫的閘門.
2 water controlled by this (水閘內的)蓄水.
3 (also `sluice-way) artificial water-channel, esp where gold-miners rinse gold out of sand and dirt 人工水道; (尤指金礦工人用以沖洗金砂的)洗礦槽. sluice, v
1 [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (down/out) wash or rinse sth with a stream of water 沖洗某物
sluice ore, ie to separate it from gravel, etc 沖洗礦砂(使之與砂礫等分開)
sluice out the stables 沖洗馬廄
We sluiced the muddy wheels (down) with a hose. 我們用水龍軟管沖洗沾滿泥漿的輪子.
2 (phr v) sluice away, out, out of sth, etc (of water) flow away, out, etc as if from a sluice (指水)(如同從水閘中)流走、 泄出等
water sluicing out of the hole 從洞口流出的水.