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

• 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
• Along with material, equipment and the craft improvement, the prestressed concrete floodgate pillar concrete construction is consummating day by day.
  闸墩预应力混凝土施工随着材料、设备和工艺的改进日臻完善。
• 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。
• 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。
• However, to my amazement, this award seemed to open a floodgate of money.
  但出乎我意料的是，这个奖项为我打开了一扇喷涌金钱的闸门。
• The government has just begun a multi-billion euro floodgate project aimed at stopping rising sea levels destroying the town.
  当地政府已拨款数十亿欧元用于投资防潮水闸工程，目的是要停止海平面上涨对水城的破坏。
• And don't let a particular concern open the floodgate for all your accumulated frustration.
  别让某件特别的事情打开你积怨的闸门。
• However, bring into the tidewater and eroding the sedimentation will bring the problem with the sedimentation in upper approach of the floodgate and brine inbreak, take into account the seriousness of the problem, this text did analysis and study.
  但是，纳潮冲淤会带来闸上河道淤积和盐水入侵问题，考虑到问题的严重性，本文对此做了分析研究。
• 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 traffic bridge on the Yingzi Floodgate is a reinforced concrete well-pile bridge of poor safety.
  营子闸交通桥是一座钢筋混凝土井柱桩式桥梁，桥梁状况较差。