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单词 sluice
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sluice

noun
/sluːs/
/sluːs/
(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.
    • We opened the sluices and the upstream water of the river poured into the lock.
    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
/sluːs/
/sluːs/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they sluice
/sluːs/
/sluːs/
he / she / it sluices
/ˈsluːsɪz/
/ˈsluːsɪz/
past simple sluiced
/sluːst/
/sluːst/
past participle sluiced
/sluːst/
/sluːst/
-ing form sluicing
/ˈsluːsɪŋ/
/ˈsluːsɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive] to wash something with a stream of water
    • sluice something down The ship's crew was sluicing down the deck.
    • sluice something out Residents are sluicing out their homes after flash floods at the weekend.
    • sluice something with something I quickly sluiced my face with cold water.
  2. [intransitive] + adv./prep. (of water) to flow somewhere in large quantities
    • Rain was sluicing down.
    • Water came sluicing out of the house.
    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.
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