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.
VERB
沖洗
If you sluice something or sluice it down or out, you wash it with a stream of water.
例句
He sluiced the bath and filled it...他沖洗了浴缸，然后放滿了一缸水。Ten minutes later we were sluicing off dust at the fountain in the town centre.10 分鐘之后，我們就在市中心的噴泉里沖洗身上的灰塵了。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
水閘,閘門
We opened the sluice and the water poured in.我們打開閘門,水就涌了進(jìn)來(lái)。
vt.
沖 洗， 洗淨(jìng)( 表面)
They sluice the streets down every morning.他們每天早晨沖洗街道。An attendant was sluicing out the changing rooms.一位服務(wù)員正在沖洗更衣室。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
Verb
1. pour as if from a sluice;
"An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"