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sluice

/sluːs/

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noun

水闸，闸门.

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. "

农夫打开水闸，把灌溉渠里的水放到他干渴的田地里。

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noun

水闸，水门

A water gate or floodgate.

Examples :

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

农民打开了水闸，把水库里的水放出来灌溉农田。

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noun

水闸，水门

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. "

厨房水槽的下水口是排放多余水的通道.

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noun

水闸，水门，闸门水道。

The stream flowing through a floodgate.

Examples :

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

水闸打开了，释放出强大的水流。

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noun

溜槽，水槽。

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. "

淘金者们用溜槽冲洗泥土，希望能找到黄金。

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noun

省略疑问词的省略结构，问句残余。

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." "

老师问，“谁想自愿参加这个项目？” 引发了一次“省略疑问词的省略结构”，好几个学生回答说，“我愿意”。

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verb

排放，冲洗

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. "

大坝操作员从水库泄洪，为城镇重新补充供水。

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verb

冲洗，用水冲，冲刷。

To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice

Examples :

"to sluice meadows"

用水冲刷草地

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verb

冲洗，水洗。

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. "

农民用强力水管冲洗了泥泞的水井，把污泥冲走了。

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verb

冲洗，冲刷

(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. "

弄完 Messy art 项目后，老师不得不用水管把桌子上的颜料冲洗干净。

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verb

冲洗，倾泻。

Examples :

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

漏水的水龙头里的水，哗啦啦地冲刷着台面。

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verb

删略，省略。

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". "

我知道我们需要买东西，但是我不记得什么了，这里的“什么”省略了问题“我们需要买什么”的剩余部分。

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