sluice

• اسم يدل على قناة أو مجرى مائي يمر فيه تيار سريع من الماء، وعادة ما يُتحكم فيه بواسطة بوابة أو سد. كما يُطلق على البوابة نفسها أو على ممر مائي صناعي يُستخدم لتصريف المياه أو تنظيمها.

A noun referring to a channel or conduit that carries a rapid flow of water, typically controlled by a gate (sluicegate).

1. Water control channelC1formal

   A channel or passage that carries a fast-moving stream of water, typically controlled by a gate (sluice gate).

   قناة تحكم في المياه

   • The miller opened the sluice to let water turn the wheel.
   • Heavy rain caused the sluice to overflow.
   • The engineers repaired the sluice to prevent flooding.

   المرادفاتchannelconduitflumeracesluicewaywaterway

• فعل يعني غسل شيء أو إزاحته بنفاثة من الماء، أو التدفق والسيلان كالماء المنصرف عبر قناة أو فتحة.

A verb meaning to wash or flush out with a stream of water, or to flow out in a stream.

1. Pour or flow freelyC1formal

   To cause water or another liquid to flow in a large stream, as if released from a sluice gate.

   صبّ أو تدفّق بحرية

   • The water sluiced down the mountainside after the dam broke.
   • He sluiced the mud off the deck with a hose.
   • Rainwater sluiced through the gutters during the storm.

   المرادفاتcascadefloodgushpourrushspoutstreamsurge

2. Irrigate using a sluiceC1formaltechnical

   To supply land with water by means of a sluice or channel.

   الري بالهويس

   • Farmers sluice their fields from the nearby canal.
   • The ancient system sluiced the valley with river water.
   • They sluiced the dry soil to prepare it for planting.

   المرادفاتirrigatewater

3. Transport via a sluiceC1formaltechnical

   To send or move something, such as logs or ore, down a sluice channel.

   نقل عبر القناة المائية

   • The logs were sluiced down the river to the sawmill.
   • Miners sluiced gravel to separate gold from sediment.
   • They sluiced the debris away from the construction site.

4. Draw through a sluiceC1formaltechnical

   To pass or draw something through a sluice or similar channel.

   التصريف عبر الهويس

   • The water was sluiced through the narrow channel to power the mill.
   • They sluiced the liquid through a filter to remove impurities.
   • The system sluices the coolant through the engine block.

   المرادفاتchannelconveydirectdraw offflushfunnel

الصيغ المركّبةsluice down