sluicing

1. 1.

   The act by which something is sluiced; a copious wetting; a drenching.

   冲洗；大量淋湿；浸透。

2. 2.

   A kind of ellipsis, introduced by an interrogative, where (usually) everything except the interrogative is elided from the clause.

   一种省略结构,由疑问词引导,通常从句中除疑问词外的一切成分都被省略。

一种省略结构,由疑问词引导,通常从句中除疑问词外的一切成分都被省略。

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