late 12c., "stream," from Old French flum "running water, stream, river; dysentery," from Latin flumen "flood, stream, running water," from fluere "to flow" (see fluent). In U.S., used especially of artificial streams channeled for some industrial purpose.
权威例句
1. The following details pertain primarily to the critical - depth flume.
下面的详细说明主要是针对临界深度型水槽的.
2. The complete length of the flume system is about 420 yards.
溜槽系统全长约420码.
3. Flume design has been generalized.
水槽的设计已经统一化.
4. Such a trough is called flume.
这样的木槽叫水槽.
5. They wanted to flume the much needed water to the inland.