单词 | damming |
释义 | dammingn. The action of dam v.1; obstructing or confining by a dam. (Also with up.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > impounding of water > with a dam or weir demminga1400 weiring1794 damming1802 1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 353 The damming up of those rivers. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. II. i. 7 A small brook..with careful damming is made to turn a mill. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1802 |
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