dam

复数：dams过去式：dammed过去分词：dammed现在分词：damming第三人称单数：dams

1. [C]坝,堤 a wall or bank built to keep back water

1. vt. 修筑水坝; 以水坝阻拦 make a dam across a narrow valley, etc.; hold back by means of dam; block
2. vt. 拦阻; 抑制 hold back; confine

• build〔construct, erect〕 a dam筑坝
• burst the dam冲垮堤坝
• complete a dam建成水坝

• a storage dam蓄水闸

• the dam in〔across〕 the river河上的水坝

• dam up one's anger抑制某人的怒气
• dam up one's feeling抑制某人的感情
• dam up the inflation抑制通货膨胀

arch dam拱坝，拱形坝

dam body坝体；坝身

dam foundation坝基

gravity dam重力坝

three gorges dam三峡大坝

concrete dam混凝土坝

earth dam土坝

tailing dam尾矿坝

aswan dam阿斯旺水坝（建在埃及东南部城市阿斯旺附近的尼罗河河段上）

gorge dam峡谷坝

hoover dam胡佛水坝（美国最高的水坝，位于科罗拉多河下游）

overflow dam溢流堰

check dam节制坝；拦沙坝

aswan high dam（埃及）阿斯旺水坝（建在埃及阿斯旺市附近的尼罗河河段上）

the high dam高坝

dam crest坝顶

dam up筑坝拦水；抑制；阻止

1. The dam was not strong enough to hold back the flood waters.
   水坝不太坚固，挡不住洪水。
2. The village was swept away when the dam burst.
   村庄在水坝决堤时被冲走了。
3. The water deepened after the dam was built.
   堤坝建成后水已加深。
4. The river keeps rising and the dam is threatened.
   河水不断上涨，大堤出现险情。
5. A dam is a barrier holding water back.
   水坝是防堵水的障碍物。

1. They are going to dam up the river to set up a hydropower station.
   他们准备拦江筑坝建水电站。
2. It's hard to dam up one's feelings.
   一个人要抑制自己的感情是不容易的。