flume

n. 峡沟, 引水槽, 水道 vt. 顺流搬运, 用槽引水 vi. 造水槽, 使用引水槽

发音

US /fluːm/
UK /fluːm/

词形变化

flumes 复数 flumes flumed flumes 三单 fluming fluming 现在分词 flumed 过去式 flumed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.

  2. 2.

    An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids, especially to carry materials (logs, mined material, etc) or people (as a water slide), especially (but not always) one where the walls are raised above the surrounding terrain rather than recessed like a ditch.

v.
  1. 1.

    To transport (logs of wood) by floating them along a water-filled channel or trough.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

gulch

上位词 3

gorge waterway watercourse

相关短语

log flume up the flume

词源

From Middle English flum, from Old French flum, flun, from Latin flumen, from fluere (“to flow”).

来源：wiktionary