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dyke

noun
🔊/daɪk/
🔊/daɪk/
(also dike)
The spelling dike is preferred in (North American English) in senses 1 and 2.
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  1. a long thick wall that is built to stop water flooding onto a low area of land, especially from the sea堰；堤；坝
    • During the 1997 floods the sea broke through the dyke.在1997年的洪水中，大海冲破了堤防。
    Topics Geographyc2
  2. (especially British English) a channel that carries water away from the land渠；沟；壕沟 synonym ditch
    • The first dykes were cut in the Middle Ages.最早的堤坝是在中世纪切割的。
    • Wind pumps were built at intervals on the dykes.在堤坝上每隔一段时间建造一台风泵。
    Topics Geographyc2
  3. (taboo, slang) a word for a lesbian that is usually offensive 女同性恋者（常意含冒犯）
    4. Word Originsenses 1 to 2 Middle English (denoting a trench or ditch): from Old Norse dík, related to ditch. Sense (1) has been influenced by Middle Low German dīk ‘dam’ and Middle Dutch dijc ‘ditch, dam’. sense 3 1940s (earlier as bulldyke): of unknown origin.