sluice

noun

1. conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate

Synonym: sluicewaypenstock

verb

1. irrigate with water from a sluice

e.g. sluice the earth

Synonym: flush

2. draw through a sluice

e.g. sluice water

3. transport in or send down a sluice

e.g. sluice logs

4. pour as if from a sluice

e.g. An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef

Synonym: sluice down

1. (设有可开启和关闭的水闸的)泄洪道，泄水道
A sluice is a passage that carries a current of water and has a barrier, called a sluice gate, which can be opened and closed to control the flow of water.

2. 冲洗
If you sluice something or sluice it down or out, you wash it with a stream of water.

e.g. He sluiced the bath and filled it...
他冲洗了浴缸，然后放满了一缸水。
e.g. Ten minutes later we were sluicing off dust at the fountain in the town centre.
10 分钟之后，我们就在市中心的喷泉里冲洗身上的灰尘了。

1. sluice的近义词

1. 水闸：slugtuning 铁心调谐 | sluice 水闸 | sluicegate 水闸;冲沙闸门

2. 水门：sluice valve 水闸 | sluice 水门 | sluiceway 闸沟

3. 馏槽：sludge tank 泥浆沉淀箱 | sluice 馏槽 | sluice box 洗矿槽

4. sluice

4. 流槽;水沟挡板：sluggish circulation 缓流循环 | sluice 流槽;水沟挡板 | sluice dam 水沟挡板