dam 音标拼音: [d'æm]
n . 水坝,水闸
vt . 在…上筑坝,堵住
水坝,水闸在…上筑坝,堵住
dam n 1 :
a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea [
synonym : {
dam }, {
dike }, {
dyke }]
2 :
a metric unit of length equal to ten meters [
synonym :
{
decameter }, {
dekameter }, {
decametre }, {
dekametre }, {
dam },
{
dkm }]
3 :
female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock v 1 :
obstruct with ,
or as if with ,
a dam ; "
dam the gorges of the Yangtse River " [
synonym : {
dam }, {
dam up }]
Dam \
Dam \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Dammed } (
d [
a ^]
md );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Damming }.]
1 .
To obstruct or restrain the flow of ,
by a dam ;
to confine by constructing a dam ,
as a stream of water ; --
generally used with in or up .
[
1913 Webster ]
I '
ll have the current in this place dammed up .
--
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
A weight of earth that dams in the water .
--
Mortimer .
[
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2 .
To shut up ;
to stop up ;
to close ;
to restrain .
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The strait pass was dammed With dead men hurt behind ,
and cowards . --
Shak .
[
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{
To dam out },
to keep out by means of a dam .
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Dam \
Dam \ (
d [
a ^]
m ),
n . [
OE .
dame mistress ,
lady ;
also ,
mother ,
dam .
See {
Dame }.]
1 .
A female parent ; --
used of beasts ,
especially of quadrupeds ;
sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother .
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1913 Webster ]
Our sire and dam ,
now confined to horses ,
are a relic of this age (
13th century ) . . . .
Dame is used of a hen ;
we now make a great difference between dame and dam . --
T .
L .
K .
Oliphant .
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1913 Webster ]
The dam runs lowing up and down ,
Looking the way her harmless young one went . --
Shak .
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2 .
A king or crowned piece in the game of draughts .
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Dam \
Dam \,
n . [
Akin to OLG .,
D ., &
Dan .
dam ,
G . &
Sw .
damm ,
Icel .
dammr ,
and AS .
fordemman to stop up ,
Goth .
Fa ['
u ]
rdammjan .]
1 .
A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid ;
esp .,
a bank of earth ,
or wall of any kind ,
as of masonry or wood ,
built across a water course ,
to confine and keep back flowing water .
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1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Metal .)
A firebrick wall ,
or a stone ,
which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Dam plate } (
Blast Furnace ),
an iron plate in front of the dam ,
to strengthen it .
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1913 Webster ]
193 Moby Thesaurus words for "
dam ":
arch dam ,
arrest ,
artificial lake ,
backstop ,
bamboo curtain ,
bank ,
bar ,
barrage ,
barrier ,
bayou lake ,
bear -
trap dam ,
beaver dam ,
bind ,
block ,
block up ,
blockade ,
boom ,
bottle up ,
brake ,
breakwater ,
breastwork ,
brick wall ,
bring to ,
bring up short ,
buffer ,
bulkhead ,
bulwark ,
bung ,
caulk ,
check ,
checkmate ,
chink ,
choke ,
choke off ,
choke up ,
cistern ,
clog ,
clog up ,
cofferdam ,
congest ,
constipate ,
cork ,
countercheck ,
cover ,
curb ,
cut short ,
dam up ,
damp ,
dampen ,
dead water ,
deadlock ,
defense ,
delay ,
detain ,
dike ,
ditch ,
draw rein ,
earthwork ,
embankment ,
etang ,
farm pond ,
fence ,
fill ,
fill up ,
fishpond ,
foster mother ,
foul ,
freeze ,
freshwater lake ,
gate ,
genetrix ,
glacial lake ,
gravity dam ,
groin ,
halt ,
hinder ,
hold back ,
hold in check ,
hold up ,
hydraulic -
fill dam ,
impede ,
inhibit ,
inland sea ,
intercept ,
interfere ,
intermeddle ,
interrupt ,
intervene ,
iron curtain ,
jam ,
jetty ,
keep back ,
keep in check ,
lagoon ,
laguna ,
lake ,
lakelet ,
landlocked water ,
leaping weir ,
levee ,
linn ,
loch ,
logjam ,
lough ,
ma ,
mam ,
mama ,
mammy ,
mater ,
materfamilias ,
maternal ancestor ,
matriarch ,
meddle ,
mere ,
milldam ,
millpond ,
millpool ,
moat ,
mole ,
mom ,
mommy ,
mother ,
mound ,
mummy ,
nyanza ,
obstipate ,
obstruct ,
oppose ,
oxbow lake ,
pack ,
parapet ,
plash ,
plug ,
plug up ,
pond ,
pondlet ,
pool ,
portcullis ,
puddle ,
pull up ,
put paid to ,
rampart ,
repress ,
reservoir ,
resist ,
restrain ,
retard ,
roadblock ,
rock -
fill dam ,
salina ,
salt pond ,
scotch ,
seawall ,
set back ,
shutter dam ,
slacken ,
snub ,
spile ,
stagnant water ,
stalemate ,
stall ,
stanch ,
standing water ,
stay ,
stem ,
stem the tide ,
stench ,
stepmother ,
still water ,
stone wall ,
stop ,
stop cold ,
stop dead ,
stop short ,
stop up ,
stopper ,
stopple ,
stuff ,
stuff up ,
sump ,
suppress ,
tank ,
tarn ,
the old woman ,
tidal pond ,
volcanic lake ,
wall ,
water hole ,
water pocket ,
weir ,
well ,
wicket dam ,
work Draft AMendment (
ISO )
DAM .
A construction of wood ,
stone ,
or other materials ,
made across a stream of water for the purpose of confining it ;
a mole .
2 .
The owner of a stream not navigable ,
may erect a dam across it ,
and employ the water in any reasonable manner ,
either for his use or pleasure ,
so as not to destroy or render useless ,
materially diminish ,
or affect the application of the water by the proprietors below on the stream .
He must not shut the gates of his dams and detain the water unreasonably ,
nor let it off in unusual quantities to the annoyance of his neighbors .
4 Dall .
211 ;
3 Caines ,
207 ;
13 Mass .
420 ;
3 Pick ,
268 ;
2 N .
H .
Rep .
532 ;
17 John .
306 ;
3 John .
Ch .
Rep .
282 ;
3 Rawle ,
256 ;
2 Conn .
Rep .
584 ;
5 Pick .
199 ;
20 John .
90 ;
1 Pick .
180 ;
4 Id .
460 ;
2 Binn .
475 ;
14 Serg . &
Rawle ,
71 ;
Id .
9 ;
13 John .
212 ;
1 McCord ,
580 ;
3 N .
H .
Rep .
321 ;
1 Halst .
R .
1 ;
3 Kents Com .
354 .
3 .
When one side of the stream is owned by one person and the other by another ,
neither ,
without the consent of the other ,
can build a dam which extends beyond the filum aqua ,
thread of the river ,
without committing a trespass .
Cro .
Eliz .
269 ;
12 Mass .
211 ;
Ang .
on W .
C .
14 ,
104 ,
141 ;
vide Lois des Bat .
P .
1 ,
c .
3 ,
s .
1 ,
a .
3 ;
Poth .
Traite du Contrat de Societe ,
second app .
236 ;
Hill .
Ab .
Index ,
h .
t .;
7 Cowen ,
R .
266 ;
2 Watts ,
R .
327 ;
3 Rawle ,
R .
90 ;
17 Mass .
R .
289 ;
5 Pick .
R .
175 ;
4 Mass .
R .
401 .
Vide Inundation .
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