dike
- IPA[dīk]
美式
- a long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea.;(often in place names) a low wall or earthwork serving as a boundary or defense
- provide (land) with a wall or embankment to prevent flooding.
noun: dyke, plural noun: dykes
- 釋義
- 片語
名詞
- 1. a long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea.
- ▪ (often in place names) a low wall or earthwork serving as a boundary or defense Offa's Dike
- ▪ a causeway.
- ▪ an intrusion of igneous rock cutting across existing strata.
- 2. a ditch or watercourse.
動詞
- 1. provide (land) with a wall or embankment to prevent flooding.