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sluice

/sluːs/

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noun

هويس

An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow.

Examples :

"The farmer opened the sluice to release water from the irrigation canal onto his thirsty fields. "

فتح المزارع الهويس لإطلاق المياه من قناة الري على حقوله المتعطشة.

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noun

هويس، بوابة مائية

A water gate or floodgate.

Examples :

"The farmer opened the sluice to release water from the reservoir and irrigate his fields. "

فتح المزارع الهويس لإطلاق المياه من الخزان وري حقوله.

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noun

قناة، ممر مائي

Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply.

Examples :

"The kitchen sink's drain is a sluice for excess water. "

بالوعة حوض المطبخ هي قناة للمياه الزائدة.

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noun

قناة، ممر مائي

The stream flowing through a floodgate.

Examples :

"The sluice gate opened, releasing a strong stream of water. "

فتح باب القناة، مطلقا تيارا قويا من الماء.

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noun

هويس، قناة غسيل

A long box or trough through which water flows, used for washing auriferous earth.

Examples :

"The gold prospectors used the sluice to wash the dirt, hoping to find gold. "

استخدم المنقبون عن الذهب الهويس لغسل الأوساخ، على أمل العثور على الذهب.

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noun

حذف wh، sluicing

An instance of wh-stranding ellipsis, or sluicing.

Examples :

"The teacher's question, "Who wants to volunteer for the project?" elicited a sluice, as several students replied, "I do." "

سؤال المعلم، "من يريد التطوع في المشروع؟" أثار حذف wh، حيث أجاب العديد من الطلاب: "أنا أريد ذلك".

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verb

صرف، تصريف

To emit by, or as by, flood gates.

Examples :

"The dam operator sluiced the water from the reservoir to refill the town's water supply. "

قام مشغل السد بتصريف المياه من الخزان لإعادة ملء إمدادات المياه في المدينة.

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verb

غمر، سقى بغزارة

To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice

Examples :

"to sluice meadows"

غمر المروج

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verb

شطف

To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice.

Examples :

"The farmer sluiced the muddy well with a powerful hose, washing away the dirt. "

شطف المزارع البئر الموحلة بخرطوم قوي، فغسل الأوساخ.

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verb

شطف، غسل

(more generally) To wash (down or out).

Examples :

"After the messy art project, the teacher had to sluice the paint off the tables with a hose. "

بعد مشروع الفن الفوضوي، كان على المعلم أن يشطف الطلاء عن الطاولات بخرطوم.

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verb

صرف، سكب

Examples :

"The water from the leaky faucet sluiced down the counter. "

انساب الماء من الصنبور المتسرب على المنضدة.

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verb

حذف 'C' في سؤال wh منسق

To elide the C` in a coordinated wh-question. See sluicing.

Examples :

""I know we need to buy something, but I don't remember what," where "what" sluices the rest of the question "what we need to buy". "

أعلم أننا بحاجة إلى شراء شيء ما، لكنني لا أتذكر ماذا،

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