(亦作 sluice gate)a sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water, especially one in a lock gate 闸门,水闸 ■(亦作 sluiceway)an artificial water channel for carrying off overflow or surplus water 有闸人工排水道 ■(in gold mining) a channel or trough constructed with grooves into which a current of water is directed in order to separate gold from the ore containing it (淘洗金矿砂用的)流槽
an act of rinsing or showering with water 漂洗(或冲洗) a sluice with cold water. 用冷水冲洗。
verb
[with obj.]wash or rinse freely with a stream or shower of water 洗,涮 she sluiced her face in cold water. 她用冷水冲脸。 crews sluiced down the decks of their ship. 船员们冲洗船甲板。 ■[no obj., with adverbial of direction](of water) pour, flow, or shower freely (水)涌入,流过,淋过 the waves sluiced over them. 海浪冲刷着他们的身体。
语源
Middle English (as a noun): from Old French escluse 'sluice gate', based on Latin excludere 'exclude'. The verb dates from the late 16th cent