参考词典中floodgate的常规释义:
基本释义
- n. 水门,水闸,防潮水闸
英英解释
2个名词解释
- something that restrains a flood or outpouring
[例]- suspension of surveillance opened the floodgates to illegal immigrants
- regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
[同] floodgate, head gate, penstock, sluice valve, sluicegate, water gate
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