"sluice" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 水闸
• 排水道

Definition

水闸是用于控制水流的闸门或渠道，通常用于河流、水坝或磨坊中。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多用于技术或环境领域。'sluice'既可以做名词（控制水流的结构），也可以做动词（用水冲洗）。常见用法有“sluice gate”。口语中不常用。

Examples

The workers opened the sluice to let water into the field.

工人们打开了**水闸**，让水流入田地。

A sluice controls the water in the canal.

**水闸**控制运河里的水。

Farmers use a sluice to flood their rice fields.

农民用**水闸**给稻田灌溉。

After the heavy rain, the old sluice struggled to keep the water back.

大雨过后，老**水闸**难以挡住水流。

They built a new sluice to prevent flooding in the town.

他们建造了一个新的**水闸**以防止小镇洪水。

You could hear the rush of water once the sluice was lifted.

一抬起**水闸**就能听见水流冲刷的声音。