動詞 gate:

1. supply with a gate
   同義詞：gate
2. control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate
   同義詞：gate
3. restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment
   同義詞：gate

1. A section of a waterway, such as a canal, closed off with gates, in which vessels in transit are raised or lowered by raising or lowering the water level of that section.
   水閘用門關(guān)住的水道的一部分，如運河。其中通過升高或降低這部分的水位可以抬升或壓低運輸中的船只
2. The removal of the government's official limits on pay increases has opened the flood gates for a rush of demands for higher wages.
   政府取消了對加薪的官方限制，這就是為驟然而來的要求增加工資的潮水打開了閘門。
3. Water went rushing through the lock gates.
   水流經(jīng)水閘時十分湍急。
4. They open the sluice gates of reservoir.
   他們打開水庫的閘門。