dyke

Word family noundykerdykeadjectivedykey

Related topics: Building, Water, Civil

dyke, dike /daɪk/ noun [countableC]

1. TBTTWa wall or bank built to keep back water and prevent flooding 堤；坝；堰

2. SYINSULT taboo informal an offensive word for a lesbian (=woman who is sexually attracted to women). Do not use this word. 同性恋女子〔蔑称，勿用此词〕

3. especially British EnglishBrETECTB a narrow passage to carry water away 排水沟，排水渠 SYN ditch

Examples from the Corpus

dyke• Their sheep-fanks and cattle-pounds spread away, across land rented from the inn-keeper, in a close mesh of stone dykes.• Its level rises slowly and the land behind the dykes sinks, but even more slowly.• Damage has extended into the dykes which run between the grazing marshes.

Origin dyke

1. Old English dic “ditch, dike”

2. (1900-2000) Probably from morphadyke “male and female person, homosexual” ((1900-2000)), from hermaphrodite

单词	dyke
释义	dyke Word family noundykerdykeadjectivedykey Related topics: Building, Water, Civil dyke, dike /daɪk/ noun [countableC] 1. TBTTWa wall or bank built to keep back water and prevent flooding 堤；坝；堰 2. SYINSULT taboo informal an offensive word for a lesbian (=woman who is sexually attracted to women). Do not use this word. 同性恋女子〔蔑称，勿用此词〕 3. especially British EnglishBrETECTB a narrow passage to carry water away 排水沟，排水渠 SYN ditch Examples from the Corpus dyke• Their sheep-fanks and cattle-pounds spread away, across land rented from the inn-keeper, in a close mesh of stone dykes.• Its level rises slowly and the land behind the dykes sinks, but even more slowly.• Damage has extended into the dykes which run between the grazing marshes. Origin dyke 1. Old English dic “ditch, dike” 2. (1900-2000) Probably from morphadyke “male and female person, homosexual” ((1900-2000)), from hermaphrodite
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