noun🔗Share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."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。utilityarchitecturetechnologyenvironmentmachinedeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share水闸，水门 A water gate or floodgate."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。utilityarchitectureenvironmentagriculturenauticalbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share水闸，水门 Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply."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.utilitystructuretechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share水闸，水门，闸门水道。 The stream flowing through a floodgate."The sluice gate opened, releasing a strong stream of water. "水闸打开了，释放出强大的水流。architectureutilityenvironmentgeographynaturesystemtechnologyplaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share溜槽，水槽。 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. "淘金者们用溜槽冲洗泥土，希望能找到黄金。geologyutilityagriculturetechnologymachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share省略疑问词的省略结构，问句残余。 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." "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”。linguisticsgrammarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share排放，冲洗 To emit by, or as by, flood gates."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。utilityenvironmenttechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share冲洗，用水冲， 冲刷。 To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice"to sluice meadows"用水冲刷草地utilityactionenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share冲洗，水洗。 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. "农民用强力水管冲洗了泥泞的水井，把污泥冲走了。agricultureutilityenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share冲洗，冲刷 (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. "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。utilityactionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share冲洗，倾泻。 To flow, pour."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。actionnatureprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share删略，省略。 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". "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。grammarlinguisticsphoneticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
