船闸 lock
navigation lock
[水运] ship lock
- 这一工程包括疏导现有的运河,并挖掘一条临近的线路,建造一系列更大的船闸。
The work consists mainly of dredging the existing canal and blasting an access channel to a new set of larger locks. - 由于新的船闸将采用循环系统,尽管它们比现有的船闸大得多,但用水却少了7%。
Because the new locks will have recycling chambers, they will use 7% less water than the existing locks, despite their larger size. - 流进运河船闸的水来自附近的河流,在上课期间,当地农民的孩子赤身在河中游泳。
The water that fills the canal's locks flows from nearby rivers where the children of indigenous peasants swim naked during school hours.