| 单词 | dyke |
| 释义 | dyke 1 or dike (daɪk) noun 1. an embankment constructed to prevent flooding, keep out the sea, etc 2. a ditch or watercourse 3. a bank made of earth excavated for and placed alongside a ditch 4. Scottish a wall, esp a dry-stone wall 5. a barrier or obstruction 6. a vertical or near-vertical wall-like body of igneous rock intruded into cracks in older rock 7. Australian and New Zealand informal a. a lavatory b. (as modifier) a dyke roll verb 8. (transitive) to protect, enclose, or drain (land) with a dyke Word origin C13: modification of Old English dic ditch; compare Old Norse dīki ditchdyke 2 or dike (daɪk) noun offensive, slang a lesbian Word origin C20: of unknown originDyke(daɪk) noun Greg(ory). born 1947, British television executive; director-general of the BBC (2000–04) |
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