sluice

[US]/sluːs/
[UK]/slus/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. portão de água; reservatório
vt. descarregar; liberar água abrindo o portão
vi. fluir rapidamente
Word Forms
Terceira pessoa do singularsluices
Particípio passadosluiced
Passado simplessluiced
Gerúndiosluicing
Pluralsluices

Phrases & Collocations

sluice gate

portão de adução

sluice system

sistema de descarga

flood sluice

descarga de enchente

river sluice

descarga fluvial

sluice management

gerenciamento de descarga

Example Sentences

a sluice with cold water.

um canal com água fria.

open sluices to flood a dry dock.Also called sluice gate

abrir as comportas para inundar um cais seco. Também chamado de comporta

They sluice the streets down every morning.

Eles lavam as ruas a cada manhã.

she sluiced her face in cold water.

Ela lavou o rosto em água fria.

crews sluiced down the decks of their ship.

as tripulações lavaram os convés de seus navios.

the waves sluiced over them.

As ondas os envolveram.

The sailors sluiced the deck with hoses.

Os marinheiros lavaram o convés com mangueiras.

sluices connecting a reservoir with irrigated fields.

portões conectando um reservatório com campos irrigados.

We opened the sluice and water poured in.

Nós abrimos a comporta e a água jorrou.

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