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

• I never enjoy meeting Nigel dykes.
  我就怕遇到奈杰尔。戴克斯。
• 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。
• As the first line of defence, communities built sea walls with tsunami gates for river mouths that could be closed when waves approached, as well as offshore breakwaters and raised river dykes.
  作为第一道防线，居民们修建了海堤，并在河口处设立水闸（当海啸靠近时，可以关闭水闸）；另外还修建了离岸堤，并加高了河堤。
• 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。
• Exploration of the hidden troubles of the dykes is also an effective method to improve the flood control capacity of the dykes.
  加高堤顶高程、扩大堤身断面、淤背等工程措施能提高黄河下游大堤的安全，隐患探测也是增强黄河大堤防洪能力的有效措施。
• Construction of main dykes on Songhuajiang and Liaohe rivers has been quickened, and the key project to harness the Taihu lake has been basically completed.
  松花江、辽河干堤建设加快，治太骨干工程基本完成。
• There are many dykes everywhere which keep the sea away from the land.
  到处有堤防止海水侵入陆地。
• 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。
• I knew one day or the other; the dykes would be in great demand.
  我知道一天或其他的堤坝将在很大的需求。