单词	sluice
释义	sluice1 nounsluice2 verb sluicesluice1 /sluːs/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINsluice1 Origin: 1300-1400 Old French escluse, from Late Latin exclusa, from Latin excludere; ➔ EXCLUDE Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A filled-in marsh is a sluice for sediment. At last the sluice gates were lowered. It is only responsible for the reservoir itself and for the sluice gates, says Maxwell. Its sluices could be used to flood the whole area if it became infested with invading forces. Just opposite the point where the brook which runs past Lawrence's old home joins the Erewash itself stands a mill sluice. The sluice gates are lifted by chains on old fashioned rollers. The defeat opened the sluice gates and venom flowed through in raging torrents. The moment the prison doors closed behind Gandhi the sluice gates of violence opened. word sets WORD SETS► Water adrift, adjectiveaft, adjectiveahoy, interjectionaircraft carrier, nounamidships, adverbanchor, nounanchor, verbanchorage, nounark, nounastern, adverbballast, nounbarge, nounbargee, nounbargepole, nounbarnacle, nounbarque, nounbarrage, nounbeach, verbbeam, nounbecalmed, adjectiveberth, nounberth, verbbilge, nounbill of lading, nounbillow, nounblade, nounboat, nounboat hook, nounboathouse, nounboating, nounboatman, nounbob, verbbollard, nounboom, nounbow, nounbridge, nounbrig, nounbulkhead, nounbunk, nounbuoy, nouncabin, nouncabin boy, nouncabin class, nouncabin cruiser, nouncable, nouncanal, nouncanal boat, nouncanoe, nouncanoe, verbcapstan, nouncaptain, nouncatamaran, nouncircumnavigate, verbclipper, nouncoast, verbcoaster, nouncoastguard, nouncockpit, nouncommodore, nouncompanionway, nounconning tower, nouncoracle, nouncordage, nouncox, nouncoxswain, nouncraft, nouncrew, verbcrossing, nouncrow's nest, nouncruise, verbcruise liner, nouncruiser, nouncruise ship, nouncutter, noundeck, noundecompression chamber, nounderrick, noundinghy, noundisembark, verbdisgorge, verbdisplacement, noundock, noundock, verbdocker, noundockside, noundockyard, noundory, noundownstream, adverbdraught, noundraw, verbdrawbridge, noundredge, verbdredger, noundrift, verbdrift, noundrifter, noundriftwood, noundrilling platform, noundrown, verbdry dock, noundugout, noundyke, nounembark, verbensign, nounferry, nounferry, verbferryboat, nounfigurehead, nounfirst mate, nounfirst officer, nounfleet, nounflotilla, nounfo'c'sle, nounforecastle, nounfounder, verbfrigate, nounfrogman, noungalleon, noungalley, noungangplank, noungangway, noungondola, noungondolier, noungrappling iron, nounground, verbgunnel, noungunwale, nounhalyard, nounharbour, nounhatch, nounhawser, nounhelm, nounhelmsman, nounhigh tide, nounhigh water, nounhigh water mark, nounhold, nounhoot, nounhoot, verbhouseboat, nounhovercraft, nounhulk, nounhull, nounhydrofoil, nounhydroplane, nounhydroplane, verbicebreaker, nouninboard, adjectiveinflatable, nouninflow, nounJet Ski, nounjetty, nounjib, nounjunk, nounkayak, nounkeel, nounketch, nounknot, nounkt, land, verblanding stage, nounlane, nounlaunch, verblaunch, nounleeward, adjectivelife belt, nounlifeboat, nounlife buoy, nounlife jacket, nounlifeline, nounlife preserver, nounlife raft, nounlife vest, nounlighter, nounlighthouse, nounlightship, nounliner, nounlist, verblock, nounlock keeper, nounlog book, nounlongshoreman, nounlow tide, nounlow water, nounlow water mark, nounlugger, nounmainmast, nounmainsail, nounmaritime, adjectivemast, nounmaster, nounmasthead, nounmerchantman, nounmerchant navy, nounmerchant seaman, nounminesweeper, nounmizzen, nounmoor, verbmooring, nounmother ship, nounmotorboat, nounnarrow boat, nounnautical, adjectivenavigable, adjectivenavigate, verbnavigation, nounoakum, nounoar, nounoarlock, nounoarsman, nounoarswoman, nounoceangoing, adjectiveoffshore, adjectiveoil slick, nounoil tanker, nounoutboard motor, nounoutrigger, nounoverboard, adverboyster bed, nounpacket boat, nounpaddle, nounpaddle, verbpaddle steamer, nounpassage, nounpelagic, adjectiveperiscope, nounpier, nounpilot, nounpilot, verbpitch, verbPlimsoll line, nounplot, verbply, verbpoop deck, nounport, nounporthole, nounport of call, nounpowerboat, nounprivateer, nounpromenade deck, nounpropeller, nounprow, nounpunt, nounpunt, verbpurser, nounquadrant, nounquarterdeck, nounquay, nounraft, nounrafting, nounreef, verbrefit, verbregatta, nounresurface, verbrig, verbrig, nounrigging, nounroll, verbroll, nounroll-on roll-off, adjectivero-ro, nounrow, verbrowboat, nounrowing, nounrowing boat, nounrowlock, nounrubber dinghy, nounrudder, nounsail, verbsail, nounsailboat, nounsailing, nounsailing boat, nounsailing ship, nounsailor, nounsaloon, nounsampan, nounschooner, nounscull, nounscull, verbscupper, verbscupper, nounscuttle, verbseaborne, adjectivesea captain, nounsea dog, nounseafaring, adjectiveseagoing, adjectivesea lane, nounsea legs, nounsealer, nounseaman, nounseamanship, nounseaworthy, adjectivesheet, nounship, nounshipmate, nounshipping, nounshipping lane, nounship's chandler, nounshipwreck, nounshipwright, nounshipyard, nounside-wheeler, nounskiff, nounskull and crossbones, nounslaver, nounslipway, nounsloop, nounsluice, nounsmack, nounsonar, nounspar, nounspeedboat, nounsplice, verbSS, starboard, nounsteam, verbsteamboat, nounsteamer, nounsteamship, nounsteerage, nounsteersman, nounstern, nounstevedore, nounsteward, nounstewardess, nounstoker, nounsub, nounsubmarine, nounsubmarine, adjectivesubmersible, nounsundeck, nounsupertanker, nounswab, verbswell, nounswing bridge, nountack, nountack, verbtender, nounthird class, nountiller, nountonnage, nountopside, adverbtowpath, nountransport, nountransport ship, nountrawler, nountrim, verbtrimaran, nountroopship, nountub, nountug, nounupstream, adverbvessel, nounvoyage, nounvoyage, verbwake, nounwardroom, nounwarship, nounwaterborne, adjectivewaterlogged, adjectivewaterway, nounweir, nounwhaler, nounwheelhouse, nounwhirlpool, nounwindjammer, nounwindward, adjectivewreck, nounyachting, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► gate · It is only responsible for the reservoir itself and for the sluice gates, says Maxwell.· The defeat opened the sluice gates and venom flowed through in raging torrents.· The sluice gates are lifted by chains on old fashioned rollers.· Mills were often built on an estuary where the water could be trapped upstream at high tide by sluice gates.· New sluice gates hold out the sea water at high tides.· Water was conducted into the meadow via artificially constructed channels and elaborate sluice gates and allowed to flow across the grass.· This picturesque beauty however, was terminated by the walls and sluice gates of the old mill.· As the tide rose, water was forced back up the Westbury Brook and held back by the sluice gates. a passage for water to flow through, with a special gate which can be opened or closed to control it sluice1 nounsluice2 verb sluicesluice2 verb Verb Table VERB TABLE sluice Simple Form Present I, you, we, they sluice he, she, it sluices Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they sluiced Present perfect I, you, we, they have sluiced he, she, it has sluiced Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had sluiced Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will sluice Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have sluiced Continuous Form Present I am sluicing he, she, it is sluicing you, we, they are sluicing Past I, he, she, it was sluicing you, we, they were sluicing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been sluicing he, she, it has been sluicing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been sluicing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be sluicing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been sluicing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES City sweepers sluice down Telegraph Street every morning. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS An orderly was sluicing down the metal table and the floor. Everything was hygienically sluiced away by the ocean. He smiled without humour when Frankie sucked at the soap-filled cloth in order to sluice the taste of rancid beck-water from his mouth. I follow her in, sluice around, dry up, come and fetch her. The water went sluicing out of the house into the garden. Then the inner cavities were sluiced out with various aromatic and disinfecting fluids prior to sewing up. Twenty-Five A sheen of seawater sluiced the cat's back. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► down · An orderly was sluicing down the metal table and the floor. 1[transitive] to wash something with a lot of watersluice something out/down He was sluicing down the table and the floor.2[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if water sluices somewhere, a large amount of it suddenly flows there
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