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dam
6 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural dams
plural dams
Learner's definition of DAM
[count]
: a structure that is built across a river or stream to stop water from flowing水坝；堤坝
- The government has plans to build a dam and flood the valley.政府计划建一座堤坝，用这片凹地来蓄水。
- There's a beaver dam [=a dam built by beavers] in the stream behind my house.我家后面的小河里有一道河狸筑起的坝。
— compare 3dam
2 dam /ˈdæm/ verb
dams; dammed; damming
2 dam
/ˈdæm/
verb
dams; dammed; damming
Learner's definition of DAM
[+ object]
: to build a dam across (a river or stream)（在河上）筑坝 — often + up
- Beavers dammed the stream.河狸在小河上筑起堤坝。
- They created a reservoir by damming up the river.他们以拦河筑坝的方式建了一座水库。
1
a
: a barrier preventing the flow of water or of loose solid materials (such as soil or snow)
especially, civil engineering : a barrier built across a watercourse for impounding (see impound sense 2) water
b
: a barrier to check the flow of liquid, gas, or air
dammed; damming
1
: to provide or restrain with a barrier that prevents the flow of water : to provide or restrain with a dam (see dam entry 1 sense 1a)
dekameter
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Verb ice floes were damming the river
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1) and Verb
Middle English, probably from Middle Dutch; akin to Old English fordemman to stop up
Noun (2)
Middle English dam, dame lady, dam — more at dame
First Known Use
Noun (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
13th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of dam was in the 13th century Phrases Containing dam
noun
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