| 词汇 | sluice down |
| 释义 | Phr V sluice down sluices, sluicing, sluiced sluice down/out sth or sluice sth down/out British & Australian to wash something with large amounts of waterWe had to sluice out the garage to get rid of the smell of petrol. sluice down sth • sluice sth down to wash something by throwing a lot of water over it: The crew were sluicing down the deck with bucketfuls of seawater. sluice down1. To pour down (from or into something) in large amounts. The rain is positively sluicing down outside. I could hear the gurgle of the water sluicing noisily down the drain in the bathroom next to my room. 2. To clean or rinse something with a large flow or stream of water. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "sluice" and "down." The boss told me to go sluice down the stables and put down fresh hay. It's an old filmmakers' trick to sluice down the roads when shooting at night—they show up much better on film that way. sluice something downto rinse something down; to flood the surface of something with water or other liquid to clean it. John sluiced the driveway down. Karen sluiced down the garage floor. |
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