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sluice 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/slo͞os/,
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sluices, plural;
  1. Wash or rinse freely with a stream or shower of water
    • - she sluiced her face in cold water
    • - crews sluiced down the decks of their ship
  2. (of water) Pour, flow, or shower freely
    • - the waves sluiced over them
Noun
  1. A sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water, esp. one in a lock gate

  2. An artificial water channel for carrying off overflow or surplus water

  3. (in gold mining) A channel or trough constructed with grooves into which a current of water is directed in order to separate gold from the sand or gravel containing it

  4. An act of rinsing or showering with water
    • - a sluice with cold water
  1. pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"
  2. conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
  3. irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"
  4. A sluice is a water channel that is controlled at its head by a gate (from Dutch word 'sluis'). For example, a millrace is a sluice that channels water toward a water mill. The terms "sluice gate", "knife gate", and "slide gate" are used interchangeably in the water/wastewater control industry.
  5. (Sluicing) In syntax, a sluicing construction is one in which the sentential part of an interrogative clause is elided; this typically occurs only in constituent questions (not polar questions). ...
  6. An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow; also, a water gate or flood gate; Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply; The stream flowing through a flood gate; A long box or trough ...
  7. (SLUICING) The act of washing gold from river gravel through the use of a sluice box.
  8. (Sluicing) A method of transporting resin from one tank to another with water.  This is usually found in mixed bed deionization systems with external regeneration systems.
  9. A structure containing a gate to control the flow of water from one area to another.
  10. Water going through a very narrow passage between two rocks at high speed. Usually terminates in a strainer or something equally nasty, and should be avoided.
  11. A gate that can be raised or closed to vary the flow of water. Often used to control large volumes of water in channels where pipes and valves are impractical. The flow through a sluice is dependant on the open area of the sluice and the drop (head) between the inlet side and outlet side.
  12. A small door in a lock gate that is opened to allow water to enter, or leave, the lock.
  13. a wooden trough for washing placer gold. As soil was shoveled into a steady stream of water, gold and other heavy particles sank to the bottom where they were caught by cleats, known as riffles. ...
  14. trapdoors in the lock gate or side of the wall of the lock which let water in and out of the lock (Also known as paddles).
  15. An artificial channel for conducting water. To wash away earth or gravel by means of a swift stream of water.
  16. Structure ususally located on Weirs or dams to control the flow of water.  sluices or sluice gates, when open, will allow more water to flow through
  17. A Commander skill allowing a sudden movement of several klicks at once.
  18. A fenland term for a lock.
  19. added shooting of a downed bird on the water.