Word · Frequency #20683
Fully loadedfloodgate
水闸；防洪闸门
核心释义
a gate that controls the flow of water; something that restrains a flood or outpouring
- 1.
用于控制水闸水流的可调节闸门或阀门。
An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.
- 2.
抑制洪水或大量涌出的东西
something that restrains a flood or outpouring
- 3.
任何控制或限制人潮、情感等涌出的事物。
Anything that controls or limits an outpouring of people, emotion, etc.
- 4.
由阀门或闸门组成的调节器,控制水流通过水闸的速度
regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
用于控制水闸水流的可调节闸门或阀门。；抑制洪水或大量涌出的东西；任何控制或限制人潮、情感等涌出的事物。；由阀门或闸门组成的调节器,控制水流通过水闸的速度；水门
用法In use
The workers opened the floodgates to let the excess water out of the reservoir.
用法提示：floodgate 是名词，指控制水流的闸门，此处用复数 floodgates，作 open 的宾语。
A broken floodgate can cause the river to overflow the nearby fields.
用法提示：这里用单数 floodgate 指具体的一座水闸，作主语，表达其功能。
During the storm, the floodgates prevented the rising lake from flooding the town.
用法提示：floodgates 是复数形式，指多个闸门，作动词 prevented 的宾语，体现其阻止水流的作用。
suspension of surveillance opened the floodgates to illegal immigrants
open the floodgates (to sth)
常作比喻用法，表示使某事物突然大量涌现。
The new policy opened the floodgates to a flood of applications.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- open the floodgates
- 打开闸门；使（批评、情绪等）突然涌出
- The court's decision opened the floodgates for thousands of similar claims.法院的这一裁决为成千上万的类似索赔打开了闸门。
- close the floodgates
- 关闭水闸；遏制（水流或大量涌入的事物）
- Authorities closed the floodgates as water levels rose.随着水位上涨，有关部门关闭了水闸。
- the floodgates open
- 闸门打开；（情绪、局面等）突然失控
- The floodgates opened and applications poured in.闸门一开，申请像潮水般涌来。
- the floodgates of [something]
- （大量情绪、事件等的）闸门；…的洪流
- The ruling opened the floodgates of political criticism.这一裁决开启了政治批评的洪流。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
由 flood（洪水）和 gate（闸门）组成，想象洪水涌向闸门，闸门一开会放水。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：水利工程、防洪设施 floodgate 作“水闸”讲时是普通名词，多用于水利工程或防洪设施等正式或技术性场合；在日常口语中不算很常用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
In floodgate, the first part flood /flʌd/ rhymes with blood /blʌd/; the ending gate /ɡeɪt/ rhymes with late /leɪt/. Beware lookalikes good /ɡʊd/ and food /fuːd/: they share the spelling 'ood' but do not rhyme with flood.
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