verb🔗Share冲刷，排放。 To emit by, or as by, flood gates."The dam began sluicing water after the heavy rainfall, preventing it from overflowing. "暴雨过后，大坝开始泄洪，防止水漫过坝顶。actionenvironmentnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share冲洗, 冲刷。 To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice"to sluice meadows"冲洗草地natureactionenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share冲洗, 冲刷. To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice."The farmer used a sluice to sluice the dirt off the vegetables. "农夫用引水槽冲洗蔬菜，把泥土冲掉。utilityactionagricultureenvironmentprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share冲洗，冲刷。 (more generally) To wash (down or out)."After the kids finished playing in the mud, I had to sluice their boots with the garden hose to get the dirt off. "孩子们在泥地里玩完后，我不得不用水管冲洗他们的靴子，把泥土冲掉。actionutilityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share倾泻，奔流。 To flow, pour."The rain was sluicing off the roof, creating a waterfall effect. "雨水正从屋顶上倾泻而下，形成了瀑布般的效果。actionnatureenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share省略，删略。 To elide the C` in a coordinated wh-question. See sluicing."She said she'd bring something, but I don't know what she's sluicing. "她说她会带点东西来，但我不知道她省略了什么没说。grammarlinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share冲洗, 冲刷. The act by which something is sluiced; a copious wetting; a drenching."After the water balloon fight, the children ran inside, leaving a trail of wet footprints from the sluicing they'd received. "水球大战之后，孩子们跑进屋里，留下了一串湿漉漉的脚印，那是他们刚才被水球冲刷的痕迹。actionnatureweatherChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share省略提问, 删略提问. A kind of ellipsis, introduced by an interrogative, where (usually) everything except the interrogative is elided from the clause, as in "I like him, but I don't know why"."The professor used the sentence "She bought something, but I don't know what" as an example of sluicing in action. "教授用“她买了东西，但我不知道是什么”这个句子来举例说明省略提问是如何运作的.grammarlinguisticslanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
