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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
 flood·gate /ˈflʌdˌget/
 水門,水閘,防潮水閘
From: WordNet (r) 2.0
 floodgate
      n 1: something that restrains a flood or outpouring; "suspension
           of surveillance opened the floodgates to illegal
           immigrants"
      2: regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the
         rate of water flow through a sluice [syn: sluicegate, sluice
         valve, penstock, head gate, water gate]