dam

noun

1. 水坝；拦河坝
   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
2. 母兽；（尤指）母马，骒马
   the mother of some animals, especially horses
3. 母兽；（尤指）母马，骒马
   the mother of some animals, especially horses

verb

1. （在河上）筑坝
   to build a dam across a river, especially in order to make an artificial lake for use as a water supply, etc.

1. N-COUNT 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.
   1. ...plans to build a dam on the Danube River.
      在多瑙河上建坝的计划
   2. ...the Aswan Dam.
      阿斯旺大坝
2. VERB 在（河）上筑坝
   To dam a river means to build a dam across it.
   1. ...plans to dam the nearby Delaware River...
      在附近的特拉华河上筑坝的计划
   2. 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。
3. 雌亲;母畜
   In the breeding of farm animals, an animal's dam is its mother.

1. A dam burst and flooded their villages.
   堤坝决口，淹没了他们的村庄。
2. 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。
3. For all we know, there may be delayed action bombs in the dam.
   据我们所知，水坝中可能装有定时炸弹。
4. More than 70 people were killed in the floods, caused when a dam burst
   大坝决口造成洪灾，70多人因此丧生。
5. The dam will stand 600 feet high
   大坝将高达600英尺。
6. There are clear winners when a dam is built. Farmers get irrigation water, businesses get electricity
   大坝若是建成，会有一些明显的受益者：农民将得到灌溉用水，企业将得到电力。
7. The dam must be closed before the rainy season sets in, or all our labour will be lost.
   大坝一定要在雨季开始以前合拢，否则就会前功尽弃。
8. The dam was in danger because of the rising flood.
   洪水猛涨，大坝告急。
9. The dam broke down and in result the land was flooded.
   大坝倒塌了，土地因而被淹。
10. A section of the dam has caved in.
    大坝出现塌方。
11. The dam is accomplished.
    水坝已大功告成。
12. Like an iron bastion, the dam withstood the rushing floodwaters.
    大坝好似铜墙铁壁，顶住了洪水的冲击。
13. The dam cuts the river in the middle.
    大坝把河水拦腰截断。
14. The dam burst.; The dike burst.
    堤坝溃决。
15. The Aswan Dam helps to control the river Nile in egypt.
    阿斯旺水坝有助于控制埃及的尼罗河。
16. The laboring people tried their best to dam the river.
    劳动人民尽最大努力筑堤防洪。
17. There was a flood when the dam burst.
    大坝溃决，洪水泛滥。
18. The dam held firm in spite of the surging floodwaters.
    大坝在汹涌的洪水中安如磐石。
19. The water burst through the break in the dam.
    水从堤坝的裂缝中涌出来。
20. The dam broke and caused a flood.
    大坝溃决成灾。
21. The dam is built to prevent the river from brimming over.
    堤坝的作用在于防止河水漫流。
22. They prevented the flood from breaking over the dam.
    他们堵住了洪水，没让它淹过堤坝。
23. The river keeps rising and the dam is threatened.
    河水不断上涨，大堤出现险情。
24. The good-looking buxom woman, betwixt forty and fifty, was now a fat, red-faced, old dam of seventy, or thereabouts.
    她原是个好看的丰满的妇女，四十来岁；现在却是个七十上下年纪，肥胖的，红脸的老太婆了。
25. It consists of shafts, culverts, channel and flood dam ( a small reservoir) composed of four parts.
    它由竖井、暗渠、明渠和涝坝（一种小型蓄水池）四部分组成。
26. The feasibility of the method is verified in dam water level monitoring.
    对水库水位的监测验证了该方法的可行性。
27. The first use of high pressure jet and wash technology in foundation treatment of gravity dam is presented.
    文中介绍了高压喷射冲洗工艺首次在我国重力坝基础处理上的应用。
28. The application of leica TCA monitoring system to dam deformation monitoring at Yantan hydropower station is introduced.
    文章介绍了徕卡TCA监测系统在岩滩大坝变形监测中的应用。
29. The author introduces the technique of cantilever turn-over formwork and gallery formwork used for Baise RCC main dam.
    介绍了百色碾压混凝土大坝悬臂翻升模板及廊道模板的设计和施工工艺。

  dam bank barrage dike【导航词义：堤，坝】

  dam n. 水坝

〔辨析〕主要指在河面上建起的特殊屏障，尤用来蓄水、发电等。

  bank n. 堤，岸

〔辨析〕主要指河流沿岸的土地或高出水面的斜坡。

  barrage n. 堰堤，拦河坝

〔辨析〕主要指在河面上建起的用来防洪或浇灌农田的土坝或石坝。

  dike n. 堰，堤，坝

〔辨析〕修筑于河、湖、海的某处，主要用来防止水患。

  block choke clog dam jam【导航词义：挡住】

  block v. 堵塞，阻挡

〔辨析〕指堵住通道，使人或物无法通过，语气较强。

  choke v. 堵塞；（使）窒息

〔辨析〕指将某处塞满东西造成堵塞；也可以指使人呼吸困难。

  clog v. 塞满，阻塞

〔辨析〕指堵塞道路、孔洞等。

  dam v. 阻止，抑制，筑坝拦水

〔辨析〕主要指阻挡住涌流物，如河水、眼泪等，常与副词 up，back 连用。

  jam v. （使）挤满

〔辨析〕指因人、车辆等过多而使某处无法通行。

noun

1. female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock

2. a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea

   Synonym:    dikedyke

3. a metric unit of length equal to ten meters

   Synonym:    decameterdekameterdecametredekametredkm

verb

1. obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
   1. dam the gorges of the Yangtse River

   Synonym:    dam up