| 单词 | koker |
| 释义 | ▪ I. ‖ koker Guyana.|ˈkəʊkə(r)|
Also khoker.
[Du.]
A sluice-gate, a lock-gate; the narrow stretch of water between such gates.
1851J. A. Tinne Rep. Outfall Drainage Brit. Guiana 11 By means of a koker or sluice near the sea, the drains are emptied at low tide and the sluices are shut when the tide rises higher than the water in the drains. 1893J. Rodway Hand-bk. Brit. Guiana 9 Through openings in the front dams, closed at high water by marine gates called kokers, the canals empty themselves into the sea. 1944Drainage & Irrigation Schemes (Brit. Guiana Bureau of Publicity) 3 Investigations have to be made concerning..Capacity of sluices and kokers. Ibid. 5 The surplus water being discharged through..kokers when the tide is sufficiently low. 1951E. A. Mittelholzer Shadows move among Them ii. ix. 240 The ditch was wide and..where it entered the stream stood what seemed to be a sluice-gate. ‘That's the koker... It's a Dutch word... The koker is left open so that the tide can rise and fill the ditch... Then at high tide the koker is shut.’ 1958J. Carew Black Midas iv. 61 The procession moved out of sight down the path by the khoker and towards the river. 1965‘Lauchmonen’ Old Thom's Harvest iii. 34 The dereck of the first koker from the sea toppled over.
▪ II. koker
obs. f. cocker. |
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