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Dam River Stop Water Dæm Order Make Wall

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.

坝;堤 (dam) 是指为阻止水流而建造的墙,通常用于造湖或发电。也可指母畜,尤指母马。

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/dæ̱m/
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[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.
  [V n]
  • ...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.
  [usu with poss]
  [TECHNICAL 术语]

    Oxford dam / dæm ; NAmE dæm /
    noun
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    verb
    dam dams dammed damming
    noun 1 a 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
    n.  (1 )
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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 ; NAmE dæm /
    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.
    WDF

    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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