英语词汇“dyker”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

dyker

释义

dyke¹ or dike /dīk/

noun

A trench, or the earth dug out and thrown up
A ditch
A mound raised to prevent flooding
In Scotland, a wall (dryˈ-stane dyke a wall without mortar; failˈ-dyke a wall of turf), sometimes even a thorn-hedge
An igneous mass injected into a fissure in rocks, sometimes weathered out into wall-like forms (geology)
A lavatory (old slang)

transitive verb

To provide with a dyke

intransitive verb

To make a dyke

ORIGIN: OE dīc, whence also ditch, this and related words in the Germanic languages denoting both a trench dug out and the mound of earth so formed; cf Ger Teich a pond, Deich (orig LGer) an embankment, Du dijk a bank, dam, Dan dige a bank, dam, Swed dike a ditch, trench

dykˈer or d īkˈer noun

A person who makes dykes

dykeˈ-louper noun (Scot)

An animal that jumps the fence, etc around its pasture
An immoral person (figurative)

dyke swarm noun (geology)

A series of dykes of the same age, usu trending in a constant direction over a wide area

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dyke1 or dike /dīk/

dyke¹ or dike /dīk/