sluice
noun /sluːs/
/sluːs/
(also sluice gate)
- a sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water out of or into a canal, etc.
水闸;闸门 - We opened the sluices and the upstream water of the river poured into the lock.
我们打开水闸,上游的河水涌入水闸。
Collocations DictionarySluice is used before these nouns:- gate
词源Middle English (as a noun): from Old French escluse ‘sluice gate’, based on Latin excludere ‘exclude’. The verb dates from the late 16th cent. - We opened the sluices and the upstream water of the river poured into the lock.