flood gate

基本解釋

When the flood gate opened, I could do nothing to shut it.
儅情感的牐門已經(jīng)打開，我沒法將它關(guān)上。
And now they are building a giant flood gate on the very pretty levee in front of our house!
而現(xiàn)在，他們正在建設(shè)一個(gè)巨大的防洪牐門，非常漂亮的大堤前我們的房子！
Thai Dhammakaya monks push a truck, stuck in mud, as they work to fortify the flood gate at Khlong Rapi Pat on October 25, 2011 in Khlong Luang, on the outskirts of Bangkok.
2011年10月25日，泰國(guó)法身寺的僧侶推著一輛卡車在泥濘中前行。

No central banker would lift the flood-gate without sound economic fundamentals in place.
ECONOMIST: South Africa

a gate in a sluice that is used to control the flow of water (Also called head gate, water gate)&rarrsee also sluicegate