sluicing

• 古旧形容词，意为像水闸般流出的或奔流的，也可指倾盆的、冲刷的。现代日常用语中已不再使用。

An obsolete adjective meaning 'pouring or flowing like a sluice; drenching.' It is no longer in common use.

1. Pouring or flowing heavilyC1formal

   Describing a flow of water that is strong, heavy, or gushing, as if from a sluice gate.

   倾泻的

   • The sluicing rain flooded the streets within minutes.
   • Sluicing water from the dam roared down the channel.
   • The sluicing current made the river crossing dangerous.

   同义词cascadingfloodinggushingpouringrushingspoutingstreamingsurging

• 动词，指用水流冲洗或冲刷某物，也指液体以水流形式流出或倾泻。

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.

   倾泻或自由流动

   • 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.

   同义词cascadefloodgushpourrushspoutstreamsurge

2. Irrigate using a sluiceC1formaltechnical

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

   用闸门灌溉

   • 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.

   同义词irrigatewater

3. Transport via a sluiceC1formaltechnical

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

   用闸门水道运送

   • 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.

   使通过闸门

   • 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.

   同义词channelconveydirectdraw offflushfunnel

短语动词变体sluice down