floodgate

N ประตูระบายน้ำ  ประตูน้ำ  pra-tu-ra-bai-nam

FLOODGATE

n. 1. A gate to be opened for letter water flow through, or to be shut to prevent it.
2. An opening or passage; an avenue for a flood or great body.

floodgate

flood gate |ˈflədˌgāt ˈflədˌɡeɪt | ▶noun a gate that can be opened or closed to admit or exclude water, esp. the lower gate of a lock. • (usu. the floodgates ) a last restraint holding back an outpouring of something powerful or substantial: his lawsuit could open the floodgates for thousands of similar claims.

floodgate

flood |gate |ˈflʌdgeɪt | ▶noun a gate that can be opened or closed to admit or exclude water, especially the lower gate of a lock. • (the floodgates ) a last restraint holding back an outpouring of something powerful or substantial: his lawsuit could open the floodgates for thousands of similar claims.

floodgate

floodgate noun heavy rains may prove too much for the East Creek floodgate: sluice, watergate; lock, dam, weir.

floodgate

fl ó od g à te 名詞 C (大きな湖 河の )水門 ; 【感情などの 】はけ口 «to » . ò pen the fl ó odgates 1 (規制などを廃して )一挙に開放する .2 (抑制していた感情などを )爆発させる .