dam
US: /ˈdæm/
UK: /dˈæm/
UK: /dˈæm/
English Vietnamese dictionary
dam /dæm/
- danh từ
- (động vật học) vật mẹ
- the devil and his dam
- ma quỷ
- danh từ
- đập (ngăn nước)
- nước ngăn lại, bể nước
- ngoại động từ
- xây đập (ở nơi nào); ngăn (nước) bằng đập
- (nghĩa bóng) ((thường) + up) ghìm lại, kiềm chế lại
- to dam up one's emotion: kiềm chế nỗi xúc động
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 a barrier that is built across a river in order to stop the water from flowing, used especially to make a RESERVOIR (= a lake for storing water) or to produce electricity: the Narmada dam in India + The dam burst.
2 (technical) the mother of some animals, especially horses
Compare: SIRE
+ verb (-mm-) [VN] ~ sth (up) to build a dam across a river, especially in order to make an artificial lake for use as a water supply, etc: plans to dam Colorado's South Platte river
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
hydroelectric
VERB + DAM
build, construct | breach
The dam has been breached and there is a danger of flooding.
DAM + VERB
burst
The dam burst and the valley was flooded.
| hold sth back
The dam holds back the water.
PREP.
~ across/on
a large hydroelectric dam on the River Danube
Concise English dictionary
dammed|damming|damsdæm
noun
+a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
+a metric unit of length equal to ten meters
+female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
verb
+obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
