flume
/floom/US // flum //UK // (fluːm) //
水槽,水箱,水渠,水库
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n.名词 noun
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- : 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
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flumed, flum·ing.
- : to transport in a flume.
- : to divert by a flume.
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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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