floodgate ['flʌdgeɪt]

n.
水门, (河流, 运河的)水闸, 防潮水闸

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单词 floodgate 网络释义

名词 n. [C]
1.水闸,水闸门;防洪闸门
The floodgate was closed to control the flow of water.
为了控制水流,防洪闸门关闭了。
2.(怒气等的)制约[P1]
3.大量[(+of)]
a floodgate of facts
大量事实

单词 floodgate 其它相关

单词解释
n. 水门,水闸,防潮水闸
n.[C] A gate used to control the flow of a body of water.
相关短语
open the floodgates 发泄
单词变化
复数: floodgates
同义反义

单词 floodgate 其它例句

- a ruling that opened the floodgates to refugees seeking asylum.
　 一条打开了难民们寻找避难所大门的法令
- open the floodgates
　 打开某人的心扉
- Many big businesses fear that if the Supreme Court does allow a class action lawsuit to go ahead, it could open the floodgates to many similar large-scale discrimination cases.
　 open the floodgates:
make it possible (for something significant to happen)