floodgate
英 [ˈflʌdɡeɪt]
美 [ˈflʌdɡeɪt]
n. 防洪闸门; 泄水闸门
复数：floodgates
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- 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。
- 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) .
英英释义
noun
- regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
- something that restrains a flood or outpouring
- suspension of surveillance opened the floodgates to illegal immigrants
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - Application research on automatic turning floodgate with water power
水力自控翻板闸技术应用研究 - Application of Vector Control in Floodgate Elevation System of Ship Elevator
交流矢量控制在升船机闸门提升系统中的应用 - 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