noun🔗Share水門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."The farmer opened the sluice to release water from the irrigation canal onto his thirsty fields. "農夫は、灌漑用水路から彼の渇いた畑に水を放出するために水門を開けた。utilityarchitecturetechnologyenvironmentmachinedeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share水門, 水門A water gate or floodgate."The farmer opened the sluice to release water from the reservoir and irrigate his fields. "農夫は貯水池から水を放出し、畑を灌漑するために水門を開けた。utilityarchitectureenvironmentagriculturenauticalbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share水門、水路Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply."The kitchen sink's drain is a sluice for excess water. "台所の流しの排水口は、余分な水のための水路です。utilitystructuretechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share水門、水路The stream flowing through a floodgate."The sluice gate opened, releasing a strong stream of water. "水門が開いて、強い水流が放出された。architectureutilityenvironmentgeographynaturesystemtechnologyplaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share水門、水路A long box or trough through which water flows, used for washing auriferous earth."The gold prospectors used the sluice to wash the dirt, hoping to find gold. "金鉱探鉱者は、金を見つけようと、土を洗うために水門を使った。geologyutilityagriculturetechnologymachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Sharewh-抜け落ち, スルーシングAn instance of wh-stranding ellipsis, or sluicing."The teacher's question, "Who wants to volunteer for the project?" elicited a sluice, as several students replied, "I do." "先生の質問、「誰がプロジェクトにボランティアしたいですか？」は、何人かの生徒が「私がします」と答えたため、wh-抜け落ちを引き起こした。linguisticsgrammarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share放流する, 排水するTo emit by, or as by, flood gates."The dam operator sluiced the water from the reservoir to refill the town's water supply. "ダムのオペレーターは、町の水道水を補充するために貯水池から水を放流しました。utilityenvironmenttechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share水門を開いて放水する, どっと流すTo wet copiously, as by opening a sluice"to sluice meadows"牧草地に放水するutilityactionenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share水で洗うTo wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice."The farmer sluiced the muddy well with a powerful hose, washing away the dirt. "農夫は強力なホースで泥だらけの井戸を洗い、汚れを洗い流しました。agricultureutilityenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share洗い流す, 放水する(more generally) To wash (down or out)."After the messy art project, the teacher had to sluice the paint off the tables with a hose. "めちゃくちゃな美術プロジェクトの後、先生はホースでテーブルからペンキを洗い流さなければなりませんでした。utilityactionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share水門を開ける, 放流するTo flow, pour."The water from the leaky faucet sluiced down the counter. "水漏れしている蛇口からの水がカウンターに放流した。actionnatureprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share連携されたwh疑問文でC'を省略するTo elide the C` in a coordinated wh-question. See sluicing.""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". "何かを買う必要があるのは知っているけれど、何を買うのか覚えていない。grammarlinguisticsphoneticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
