Flume

[fluːm] or [flum]

解释:

(noun.) watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs.

伯特兰校对--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A stream; especially, a passage channel, or conduit for the water that drives a mill wheel; or an artifical channel of water for hydraulic or placer mining; also, a chute for conveying logs or lumber down a declivity.

校对:莎娜

解释:

n. an artificial channel for water to be applied to some industrial purpose: (U.S.) a narrow defile with upright walls the bottom occupied by a torrent.—Be or Go up the flume to come to grief to be done for.

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