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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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
• For predicting fluid movement of upper reaches and lower reaches of the dam or shipping channel, the method of volume of fluid ( VOF) is adopted to simulate water flowing when the floodgate opening.
  为了预测水坝、船闸等上下游水流的运动规律，本文采用流体体积（VOF）法，就水利工程中常见的闸门开启过程中的水体流动现象作了数值模拟。
• 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。