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 sluices to release water from the irrigation canal and flood his rice paddies. "农民打开水闸，把灌溉渠里的水放出来，淹没了他的稻田。architectureutilitytechnologyenvironmentdevicebuildingnauticalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share水闸，闸门 A water gate or floodgate."The farmer opened the sluices to release water from the irrigation canal into his rice fields. "农民打开水闸，把灌溉渠里的水放到稻田里。architectureutilityenvironmenttechnologynauticalsystemdeviceindustrybuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share水闸，水门 Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply."The new school building improved its plumbing so the drinking fountains now have sluices that provide a constant supply of fresh, cold water. "新学校的教学楼改善了管道系统，饮水机的水闸现在能持续不断地提供新鲜的冷水。utilityarchitectureenvironmentgeographyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share水闸，水门，泄水闸。 The stream flowing through a floodgate."The sluices near the old mill controlled the water level of the stream. "老磨坊附近的水闸控制着溪流的水位。environmentarchitectureutilityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share水槽，淘金槽。 A long box or trough through which water flows, used for washing auriferous earth."The old miner used sluices to wash away the dirt and gravel, hoping to find gold dust left behind. "那个老矿工用淘金槽冲洗泥土和砾石，希望能找到残留的金粉。geologytechnologyagriculturemachineindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share省略疑问词短语的句子, 疑问词语省略现象。 An instance of wh-stranding ellipsis, or sluicing."Someone is coming to the party, but I don't know which sluices. "有人要来参加派对，但我不知道是哪些人（省略了“哪些人要来参加派对”）。grammarlinguisticslanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
