mill-race

英汉释义

• n.

  1.(推动水车的)水流

  2.(水车用)水沟

英英释义

• n.

  1.the stream of water that flows through a mill wheel, making it turn

  2.a channel that directs water to and from a mill wheel

英汉例句

• 1.A dam placed across a river or canal to raise or pert the water, As for a millrace, or to regulate or measure the flow.

  堰，拦河坝，挡流坝横截河流或运河以提高水位或使河水转向的坝，如用于推动水车，调节或测量水流

• 2.A sluice gate for regulating the amount of water in a millrace or a canal or for emptying a lock.

  水闸门用来调整磨坊引水槽或运河的水流量或用来排空水闸的一种水闸门

• 3.The rapid stream of water flowingin a millrace.

  水流推动磨坊水轮的急流中的水流。