A dam is a wall built across a river to stop water flow, used for creating lakes or generating electricity. It can also refer to the mother animal, especially a horse.
[N-COUNT 可数名词]坝;堤 A dam is a wall that is built across a river in order to stop the water flowing and to make a lake.
...plans to build a dam on the Danube River.
在多瑙河上建坝的计划
...the Aswan Dam.
阿斯旺大坝
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[VERB 动词]在(河)上筑坝 To dam a river means to build a dam across it.
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...plans to dam the nearby Delaware River...
在附近的特拉华河上筑坝的计划
This reservoir was formed by damming the River Blith.
这个水库是通过在布莱斯河上筑坝形成的。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]雌亲;母畜 In the breeding of farm animals, an animal's dam is its mother.
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[TECHNICAL 术语]
Oxford
dam/dæm; NAmEdæm/
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damdamsdammeddammingnoun1a barrier that is built across a river in order to stop the water from flowing, used especially to make a reservoir(= a lake for storing water) or to produce electricity 水坝;拦河坝2( technical 术语) the mother of some animals, especially horses 母兽;(尤指)母马,骒马☞compare
sire
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dental dam
verb(-mm-)damsth (up) to build a damacross a river, especially in order to make an artificial lake for use as a water supply, etc. (在河上)筑坝dam/dæm; NAmEdæm/
LDC
dam1 noun
dam2 verb
damdam1 /dæm/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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1a special wall built across a river or stream to stop the water from flowing, especially in order to make a lake or produce electricity2 technical the mother of a four-legged animal, especially a horse
dam1 noun
dam2 verb
damdam2 verb (past tense and past participle dammed, present participle damming) [transitive] (also dam up)
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1to stop the water in a river or stream from flowing by building a special wall across it2to stop something from being expressed or continuing: Once she allowed her anger to show, it could not be dammed up again.
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dam
[dæm]dammed, damming, dams
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dammed[253] dams[674]
水坝(62%),堤(25%),筑坝(11%),障碍物(2%)
n.[水利] 水坝;障碍
v.控制;筑坝
n.(Dam)人名;(英、法、丹、德、瑞典)达姆;(老)丹
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