floodgate

英 [ˈflʌdɡeɪt]

美 [ˈflʌdɡeɪt]

n.  防洪闸门; 泄水闸门

复数：floodgates　

GRETEM8

BNC.20683 / COCA.21192

牛津词典

noun

• 防洪闸门；泄水闸门
  a gate that can be opened or closed to control the flow of water on a river
  1. If the case is successful, it may open the floodgates to more damages claims against the industry (= start sth that will be difficult to stop) .
     如果本案胜诉，就可能有更多的人向这个产业提出损害索赔，从而一发不可收拾。

英英释义

noun

• regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
  Synonym:sluicegatesluice valvepenstockhead gatewater gate
• something that restrains a flood or outpouring
  1. suspension of surveillance opened the floodgates to illegal immigrants

双语例句

• The floodgate walls act as concrete projects of big volume subjected to hostile environments, such as high temperature and high dampness and pose a high anti-seeping and anti-leaking demand.
  水闸墙体为高温高湿环境下的大体积混凝土工程，防渗、防漏要求高。
• The situation of leak in floodgate of Lushi water project is introduced, cause and the urgency of it is analyzed.
  介绍了富春江水力发电厂泄洪闸门计算机监控系统的设计、调试和运行情况，指出了该系统发挥的功能和作用。
• This was big news to him and opened a floodgate of questions about what it was like there, where I had been, etc.
  这对他来说可是个大新闻，他的问题就像开了闸的洪水，一发不可收拾：大陆是什么样子，我去大陆都住在哪儿，等等。
• It is the Web that has opened the floodgate of interest in the internet.
  正是Web打开人们对Internet兴趣的闸门。
• The optimization problem of sediment disposal engineering plans down floodgate near estuary is researched. The theoretical equations that describe two-phase flows including water and bed sand are put forward. For silt estuary, the two-dimensional flow and sediment mathematical model are set up to optimize desilting plans.
  为优化河口防潮闸下清淤工程方案，提出了以两相流方程描述底沙运动的理论模式，建立了泥质河口二维水流、泥沙数学模型，并优化独流减河口闸下清淤工程方案。
• Galvanizing and Antiseptic Construction Techniques of Arc Steel Floodgate on the Third Dam of Fenhe River
  弧形制动器，弧形制动闸汾河三坝弧形钢闸门防腐镀锌施工技术
• The Structural Design of the Floodgate in Preliminary Design of the Project of Tanghe Hydropower Station
  唐河水电站工程初步设计中的泄洪闸结构设计
• Hydrodynamic Force and Sediment Disposal down Floodgate near Estuary
  河口闸下水动力与泥沙清淤问题的研究
• The floodgate was closed to control the flow of water.
  洪水冲垮了防洪堤。为了控制水流，防洪闸门关闭了。
• Control system from aspects of hardware and software is designed, which can respectively improve systematic dependability and security and realize the automatic control of floodgate.
  分别从硬件和软件两方面对控制系统进行了设计，提高了整个控制系统的可靠性和安全性，实现了闸门的自动化控制。