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 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。
• According to the detection in certain floodgate and seepage control wall, these methods are mostly applicable to general investigation, or qua antecedency methods of detailed detection, and could find out the form and interior disfigurement.
  通过某大闸和某水库防渗墙的检测表明，这些方法主要适用于普查、检测或作为详测的先行手段，可查明成形状况及内部缺陷。
• The design of bored pile foundation is researched in calculations of floodgate structure. At the same time, the thesis discusses how to consider carrying capacity of vertical resistance between piles.
  对水闸结构计算的钻孔桩桩基设计进行研究，并就如何考虑桩间竖向抗力的承载作用进行探讨。
• 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。
• Physical model study on floodgate of Xinyi Estuary Second-Phase Project
  新沂河口二期建闸物理模型试验研究
• Since there is less research on the heightening and consolidating the floodgate suffering the mass-subsidence, this paper does it.
  对于大沉陷量地区水闸的加高加固技术，目前研究的较少。
• 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。
• This paper has analyzed the main problems of a control system for floodgate.
  本文对泄洪闸门控制系统的主要技术问题进行分析。
• 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。
• 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。