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flume

/floom/US // flum //UK // (fluːm) //

水槽,水箱,水渠,水库

Related Words

sluice闸门,闸口,水闸,闸阀conduit导管,管路,管线,渠道run运行,运转,运作,运行中channel渠道,频道,通道,信道spillway溢洪道,溢流道,泄洪道,溢流口

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a deep narrow passage or mountain ravine with a stream flowing through it, often with great force: Hikers are warned to stay well clear of the flumes, especially during the spring thaw.
    • : an artificial channel or trough for conducting water, as one used to transport logs or provide water power.
    • : an amusement park ride in which passengers are carried in a boatlike or loglike conveyance through a narrow, water-filled chute or over a water slide.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    flumed, flum·ing.

    • : to transport in a flume.
    • : to divert by a flume.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
channel渠道,频道,通道,信道conduit导管,管路,管线,渠道run运行,运转,运作,运行中sluice闸门,闸口,水闸,闸阀spillway溢洪道,溢流道,泄洪道,溢流口

Examples

  • We've been hoping, Ba'tiste and myself, that we would be able to induce you to lease us your portion of the lake and a flume site.

  • It still is possible for me to obtain lumber, but to get it to the mill necessitates a flume and rights in the lake.

  • We'll never fulfill the contract, even with the machinery, unless we can get the use of the lake and a flume to the mill.

  • And what's the use of the gold in the ground when the flume isn't there to work it out?

  • "I never heard Mr. Munroe say that the flume was wrong," said Jessie quickly.

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