单词 | gravity dam |
释义 | gravity dam in British Englishnoun a dam whose weight alone is great enough to prevent it from tipping over gravity dam in American Englishnoun a dam resisting the pressure of impounded water through its own weight Word origin [1935–40]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Rhodesian ridgeback, aeroembolism, bingo, unit trust, walk-throughExamples of 'gravity dam' in a sentence |
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