attempt to stem the advance of something undesirable企圖阻止
柯林斯高階英漢雙解學(xué)習(xí)詞典釋義
N-COUNT
堤;堰;壩
A dyke is a thick wall that is built to stop water flooding onto very low-lying land from a river or from the sea.
N-COUNT
女子同性戀者
A dyke is a lesbian.
英漢詞典釋義
n.
堤;壩;堰;溝;低土墻
A weak dyke bursts easily before a flood.大水首先沖毀不堅(jiān)固的堤防。If one sheep leap over the dyke,all the rest will follow.一只羊跳過溝,其余的羊也跟著跳。One ant-hole may cause the collapse of a thousand-li dyke.千里長(zhǎng)堤,潰于蟻穴。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. offensive terms for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
2. a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea