dykes

英 [daɪks]

美 [daɪks]

n.  堰; 堤; 坝; 渠; 沟; 壕沟; 女同性恋者(常含冒犯意)
dyke的复数

柯林斯词典

The spelling dike is also used, especially for meaning 1. 亦拼作 dike，尤用于义项1。


• 堤;堰;坝
  Adykeis a thick wall that is built to stop water flooding onto very low-lying land from a river or from the sea.
• 女子同性恋者
  Adykeis a lesbian.

双语例句

• The water level kept rising and the dykes were in peril.
  水位飞涨，大堤出现险情。
• These earth dykes cannot hold against floods.
  这些土筑堤埝根本起不到防洪作用。
• We must rush to repair the dykes before the flood comes.
  我们必须抢在洪水的前面把堤坝修好。
• The third sign is that those areas that are at or below the new sea level will refuse to drain unless pumping is done and dykes are in place.
  第三个迹象时那些不高于新海岸线的地区无法排水，除非用水泵抽并且建造堤坝。
• I never enjoy meeting Nigel dykes.
  我就怕遇到奈杰尔。戴克斯。
• Genesis of the Permian Limestone Neptunian Dykes and Limestone Breccia Talus in the Xiajia Area, Lingyun County, Guangxi, and Its Geological Significances
  广西凌云下甲二叠纪沉积灰岩墙和角砾灰岩体的成因及地质意义
• Piping in dykes can be caused by termite or other physical means, but technical personnel of water conservancy often confused them and called both as water conservancy piping in treatment.
  白蚁管涌（漏）与水利管涌是两个完全不同的概念，而水利工程技术人员往往将其混淆起来，统称为水利管涌进行处理。
• They also helped us to put up dykes.
  他们还帮助我们修堤。
• So a few decades ago it was learned that if dykes were built around the marshes, a little fresh water could be pumped in, flooding the breeding areas.
  因此，几十年前，人们就意识到如果在沼泽地周围修建起堤坝，将一些淡水灌入沼泽地中，就可以把蚊子赖以生存的环境给冲刷掉。
• I have already mentioned the labour of the hedger and ditcher, of the builder of walls or dykes.
  我已提及了筑篱、挖沟、砌墙或建防护栏的劳动。