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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Analysis of Causes of Destroying of Apron behind Floodgate
闸后海漫破坏原因分析和防治措施考后 - 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。 - Construction Technology of Pre-stressed Concrete at the Floodgate Transportation Bridge
闸上交通桥预应力混凝土施工技术 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。