sluice
To wet copiously, as by opening a sluiceTo wet copiously, as by opening a sluice
» With a sluice you can control the water.
Значение
значений: 6(редкое, переходный)To emit by, or as by, flood gates.
(переходный)To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice
pour as if from a sluice
(переходный)To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice.
to sluice earth or gold dust in a sluice box in placer mining
irrigate with water from a sluice
(шире, переходный)To wash (down or out).
transport in or send down a sluice
(непереходный)To flow, pour.
To elide the complement in a coordinated wh-question. See sluicing.
Примеры
предложений: 6With a sluice you can control the water.
The dam's sluice gate broke and the water flooded several nearby towns.
A strong dike protected the city from the ocean, the sluices only admitting sufficient water for the needs of the town.
Gradlon constantly bore round his neck a silver key which opened at the same time the vast sluices and the city gates.
Many of the world's largest sluice gates are in the Netherlands.
deViele der größten Schleusen der Welt finden sich in den Niederlanden.
Переводы
языков: 3Происхождение
From Middle English sluse, alteration of scluse, from Anglo-Norman escluse (“sluice, floodFrom Middle English sluse, alteration of scluse, from Anglo-Norman escluse (“sluice, floodgate”), from Late Latin exclusa (“extrusion, gate”), from Latin exclūsus, form of exclūdō (“to shut out, to exclude”) (English exclude). Cognate to Dutch sluis.
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Формы
sluices, sluicing, sluiced, sluicedСинонимы
синонимов: 2- irrigate with water from a sluice:flush
- pour as if from a sluice:sluice down
Однокоренные
связанных слов: 4Уроки к слову
уроков: 3- A1Present Simple: настоящее простое время — Потому что это глагол
- A1Past Simple: правильные глаголы — Потому что у него есть форма прошедшего времени
- A2Present Perfect: введение — Потому что у него есть причастие прошедшего времени