English Dictionary

floodgate

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈflʌdˌɡeɪt/

名詞

広義

An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice. / (by extension) Anything that controls or limits an outpouring of people, emotion etc.

日本語の意味

水や洪水の流れを調整・制御するための可動式の門や弁 / 比喩的に、大量の人や感情の噴出を制御、または制限するもの

The engineers inspected the floodgate before the storm to ensure it could control the river's flow.

技術者たちは嵐の前に水門を点検し、河川の流れを制御できることを確認した。

意味（1）

An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.

At the start of the Second World War floodgates would be installed at the ends of the under-Thames sections of the Bakerloo and Northern lines to save them from inundation should bombs damage the riverbed.

意味（2）

(by extension) Anything that controls or limits an outpouring of people, emotion etc.

“The floodgates for advertising on cable are down,” says Michael Dann, a leading consultant on cable television.

floodgates （ plural ）