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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The floodgate may be regarded as a series system with four main failures modes including slip along the foundation, compression failure of the floodgate toe in the downstream line, tension crack of the floodgate heel in the upper stream and non-uniform stress distributions.
  软基上的水闸可看成由4种主要失效模式（沿闸基面的滑动、下游闸趾压坏、上游闸踵拉裂和上下游应力不均匀）所组成的串联体系。
• The curved floodgate's opening measuring system adopts two-level structure, main control level and field level.
  弧形闸门开度测量系统采用分层分布式两级结构，分为主控级和现地级两层。
• 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。
• Anchor rope distribution is the key point in prestressed floodgate room design.
  锚索布置是预应力闸室设计的关键所在。
• 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
• 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。
• 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