单词 | dike |
释义 | dike dike1 —diker, n. /duyk/, n. , v. , diked, diking. n. 1. an embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river: They built a temporary dike of sandbags to keep the river from flooding the town. 2. a ditch. 3. a bank of earth formed of material being excavated. 4. a causeway. 5. Brit. Dial. a low wall or fence, esp. of earth or stone, for dividing or enclosing land. 6. an obstacle; barrier. 7. Geol. a. a long, narrow, cross-cutting mass of igneous rock intruded into a fissure in older rock. b. a similar mass of rock composed of other kinds of material, as sandstone. 8. Chiefly Australian Slang. a urinal. v.t. 9. to furnish or drain with a dike. 10. to enclose, restrain, or protect by a dike: to dike a tract of land. Also, dyke. [bef. 900; ME dik(e), OE dic < ON diki; akin to DITCH] dike2 —dikey, adj. /duyk/, n. Slang (often disparaging and offensive). dyke2. |
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