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floodgate
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural floodgates
plural floodgates
Learner's definition of FLOODGATE
[count]
: a gate for controlling the flow of water from a lake, river, reservoir, etc.防洪闸门；泄水闸门 — often used figuratively常用作比喻
- Many people fear that the court's latest ruling will open the floodgates for/to a host of new lawsuits. [=will cause/allow a large number of new lawsuits]许多人担心法庭最新的判决将引起大量新的诉讼。
- Once the floodgates have opened, there will be no way to stop all the lawsuits.一旦放开限制，所有的诉讼将一发不可收拾。
floodgate
noun
flood·gate ˈfləd-ˌgāt 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Forever, George Broussard and Scott Miller, have responded to the leak by opening up a floodgate of resentment and bickering. 
Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 12 May 2022 Rather, most of the sports world pinpoints the cancellation floodgate to March 11, when an NBA game in Oklahoma City, between the Thunder and the Utah Jazz, was dramatically called off moments before tipoff. NBC News, 4 Mar. 2022 In 2010, when a key Supreme Court decision opened a floodgate for campaign donations, Mr. Caddle became an even more sophisticated soldier, skilled in the opaque art of the super PAC. New York Times, 5 Mar. 2022 There was a crane that could raise the emergency floodgate, but it, too, had been damaged by fighting. New York Times, 20 Jan. 2022 And in the Feather River Basin, on California's Yuba River, water managers are considering a second, smaller floodgate to buffer New Bullards Bar Dam. Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2021 In just a few days Vides was contacted by Jordan Shoes to work on a project, and the floodgate opened for commissions and requests to collaborate. Selene Rivera Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2021 With the delta variant of Covid-19 surging, the floodgate has opened with companies allowing employees to stay home. Chris Depuy, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021 Plaquemines Parish fails Shortly after 11 p.m. Sunday, Plaquemines Parish posted on Facebook that the Alliance to Oakville floodgate had failed near Highway 23 in the town of Alliance. USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2021 See More
Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 12 May 2022 Rather, most of the sports world pinpoints the cancellation floodgate to March 11, when an NBA game in Oklahoma City, between the Thunder and the Utah Jazz, was dramatically called off moments before tipoff. NBC News, 4 Mar. 2022 In 2010, when a key Supreme Court decision opened a floodgate for campaign donations, Mr. Caddle became an even more sophisticated soldier, skilled in the opaque art of the super PAC. New York Times, 5 Mar. 2022 There was a crane that could raise the emergency floodgate, but it, too, had been damaged by fighting. New York Times, 20 Jan. 2022 And in the Feather River Basin, on California's Yuba River, water managers are considering a second, smaller floodgate to buffer New Bullards Bar Dam. Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2021 In just a few days Vides was contacted by Jordan Shoes to work on a project, and the floodgate opened for commissions and requests to collaborate. Selene Rivera Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2021 With the delta variant of Covid-19 surging, the floodgate has opened with companies allowing employees to stay home. Chris Depuy, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021 Plaquemines Parish fails Shortly after 11 p.m. Sunday, Plaquemines Parish posted on Facebook that the Alliance to Oakville floodgate had failed near Highway 23 in the town of Alliance. USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English flodgate
First Known Use
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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