- [transitive] to wash something with a stream of water冲洗
- sluice something down The ship's crew was sluicing down the deck.船员们正在冲洗甲板。
- sluice something out Residents are sluicing out their homes after flash floods at the weekend.周末山洪爆发后,居民们正在冲洗家园。
- sluice something with something I quickly sluiced my face with cold water.我迅速用冷水冲洗我的脸。
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (of water水) to flow somewhere in large quantities(大量地)流,泻
- Rain was sluicing down.雨正在倾盆而下。
- Water came sluicing out of the house.水从房子里流了出来。
Word OriginMiddle English (as a noun): from Old French escluse ‘sluice gate’, based on Latin excludere ‘exclude’. The verb dates from the late 16th cent.