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单词 floodgate
释义 floodgate
\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: Middle English, from flood + gate
1.
 a. : a gate for shutting out, admitting, or releasing a body of water : a sluice gate : sluice; specifically : the lower gate of a lock
 b. : something that acts to restrain an outburst
  < tears do stop the floodgates of her eyes — Shakespeare >
2. : the stream stopped by or allowed to pass by a floodgate : flood
 < a whole floodgate of facts — John Ward >
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