| 单词 | sluice |
| 释义 | sluice (once / 4168 pages) nv Anything that resembles a water slide with a gate is a sluice — a narrow channel that controls water flow. The word originally comes from an old English word meaning a narrow channel that controlled a flow of water, usually to a watermill, and it still has that meaning. A sluice can also mean a splash — often with cold water and usually done with some vigor. A rude, watery slap in the face. Torture victims in movies inevitably have their faces sluiced to bring them round for further questioning. WORD FAMILYsluice: sluiced, sluices, sluicing USAGE EXAMPLESThe storm roared ashore, overwhelmed the beaches, sluiced through cropland and ripped new docks from their marshy holdings. Los Angeles Times(Nov 04, 2016) More serious miners might consider investing in a suction dredge and sluice box - where legal - that allows them to process much more material. Washington Times(Oct 13, 2016) More serious miners might consider investing in a suction dredge and sluice box — where legal — that allows them to process much more material. US News(Oct 13, 2016) 1n conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate Syn|Hyper penstock, sluiceway conduit a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass 2v pour as if from a sluice An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef Syn|Hyper sluice down pelt, pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream rain heavily 3v irrigate with water from a sluice sluice the earth Syn|Hyper flush douse, dowse, drench, soak, sop, souse cover with liquid; pour liquid onto 4v draw through a sluice sluice water Hyper draw, take out take liquid out of a container or well 5v transport in or send down a sluice sluice logs Hyper transport move something or somebody around; usually over long distances |
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