English Dictionary

staircase lock

名詞

A set of locks on a waterway canal which rise steeply, and consisting of lock gates where the top gate of one lock is also the bottom gate of the next lock, not having a pound between each level.

日本語の意味

急傾斜に並ぶ一連の水門。各水門の上部が次の水門の下部として機能し、各階間に独立した水域（ポンド）が存在しない運河におけるロックシステムを指す。

The engineers inspected the aging staircase lock to ensure the interconnected gates operated safely as boats passed between the steeply rising chambers.

技術者たちは、各段の上側のゲートが次の段の下側のゲートも兼ね、各段の間に水位を保持する区間がない急勾配の階段式閘門を点検し、船が連続した水室を通過する際にゲートが安全に作動することを確認した。

意味（1）

A set of locks on a waterway canal which rise steeply, and consisting of lock gates where the top gate of one lock is also the bottom gate of the next lock, not having a pound between each level.

staircase locks （ plural ）