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

• 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。
• The research on the technology of heightening and consolidating the floodgate suffering the mass-subsidence
  大沉陷量地区水闸加高加固技术研究
• 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。
• 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 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
• Application research on automatic turning floodgate with water power
  水力自控翻板闸技术应用研究
• 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 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。
• 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 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。