dam
n. 壩,堤; (尤指)母馬
v. 在(河)上築壩
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.
在多瑙河上建壩的計劃
...the Aswan Dam.
阿斯旺大壩
To dam a river means to build a dam across it.
...plans to dam the nearby Delaware River...
在附近的特拉華河上築壩的計劃
This reservoir was formed by damming the River Blith.
這個水庫是透過在布萊斯河上築壩形成的。
In the breeding of farm animals, an animal's dam is its mother.
1. a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
2. a metric unit of length equal to ten meters
3. female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
1. obstruct with, or as if with, a dam;
It's hard to dam up one's feelings.
一個人要抑制自己的感情是不容易的.
The dam cuts the river in the middle.
大壩把河水攔腰截斷.
They built dykes and dam to hold back the rising flood waters.
他們修築了堤壩來阻擋上漲的洪水.
The villagers went at building a dam with a will.
村民們勁頭十足地著手修一座水壩.
The water is smoother above the dam.
壩的另一邊水面平靜些.