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单词 dam
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dam
noun[C]
uk
/dæm/us
/dæm/

damnoun[C](WALL)

awallbuiltacrossariverthatstopsthe river'sflowandcollectsthewater,especiallyto make areservoir(= anartificiallake)thatprovideswaterfor anarea:
（尤指旨在蓄水的）堤坝，水坝
The Aswan High Dam is on the River Nile in Egypt.阿斯旺大坝位于埃及境内的尼罗河上。
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dyke(WALL)
picture of dam
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Ditches, dams & tunnels
  • cut
  • cutting
  • damsomethingup
  • dike
  • ditch
  • dyke
  • groin
  • groyne
  • ha ha
  • inspection chamber
  • spillway
  • subway
  • the Channel Tunnel
  • the Chunnel
  • trench
  • tunnel
  • tunneller
  • underpass

damnoun[C](MOTHER)

thefemaleparentof ananimal,especiallyahorse:
Thehorsehas Americanbloodlineson his dam'sside.
Ask about thehealthandtemperamentof thesireand dam, theparentsof thedog.
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sire
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  • Thestaminainheritedfrom his dam was thekeyto himwinningthe MillenniumDerby.
  • Inthoroughbredbreeding,horsesthat have only the samemotherareconsideredhalf-siblings, while those with the samesireand dam arefullsiblings.
  • Cigalas is theSpanishforlangoustines, andthereinliestheoriginof the colt'snameas his dam is Langoustine.
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Family: relations in general
  • anti-family
  • aunt
  • auntie
  • baby daddy
  • biologically
  • fatherhood
  • filial
  • first cousin
  • fraternal
  • grand-nephew
  • kinsman
  • kinswoman
  • kith and kin
  • long-lost
  • loved one
  • relative
  • removed
  • second cousin
  • sib
  • sibling
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Names for the male & female of animals
Horses & similar animals

damnoun[C](MOUTH)

adental dam
（dental dam）
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Dentistry
  • central giant cell granuloma
  • crown
  • dental floss
  • dental hygienist
  • dental practitioner
  • dental surgeon
  • dentigerous cyst
  • dentist
  • denture
  • extraction
  • filling
  • fluoride
  • gum
  • occlusion
  • odontology
  • oral surgeon
  • orthodontic
  • orthodontics
  • periodontics
  • periodontist
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dam
verb[T]
uk
/dæm/us
/dæm/
-mm-
tobuilda damacrossariverinordertostorewater
在（河上）筑坝蓄水
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Closing and blocking
  • barricade
  • batten
  • batten down the hatchesidiom
  • be snowed upidiom
  • blocksomethingoff
  • bung
  • choke
  • closet
  • congest
  • cork
  • damsomethingup
  • ensconce
  • gum
  • sealsomethingoff
  • self-seal
  • self-sealing
  • shut
  • shutsomeone/somethingin(something)
  • silt
  • the darkest hour is just before the dawnidiom
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Ditches, dams & tunnels

Phrasal verb

damsomethingup
(Definition ofdamfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
dam
noun[C]
uk
/dæm/us
/dæm/
awallbuiltacrossariverthatstopsthe river'sflowandcollectsthewater,especiallyto make areservoir(= anartificiallake)thatprovideswaterfor anarea
（尤指旨在蓄水的）堤坝，水坝
The Aswan High Dam is on the River Nile in Egypt.阿斯旺大坝位于埃及境内的尼罗河上。
Compare
dyke(WALL)
adental dam
（dental dam）
dam
verb[T]
uk
/dæm/us
/dæm/
-mm-
tobuilda damacrossariverinordertostorewater
在（河上）筑坝蓄水

Phrasal verb

damsthup

dam| American Dictionary

dam
noun[C]
us
/dæm/
awallbuiltacrossarivertostoptheflowandcollectthewater,esp. to make areservoir(= anartificiallake)thatprovideswaterfor anareaor can be used to makeelectricity
dam
verb[T]
us
/dæm/
-mm-
tobuilda damacrossariverinordertostorethewater:
[M]Fish areaffectedwhen ariveris dammed up.
(Definition ofdamfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

DAM| Business English

DAM
noun[U]
IT
uk
us
abbreviationfordigital asset management
(Definition ofDAMfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdam

dam
It consists of a small man-madedamsurrounded by a recreational park, and is c. 16 km2 in area.
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They then join with community members in participatory processes in order to evaluatedamplanning.
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Each subfamily was obtained by crossing one sire with five dams.
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In this pedigree only 7 dams were crossed with more than 1 sire while 6 sires were mated with more than onedam.
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Because eachdamwas mated with only one sire, 146 full-sib families and ten half-sib families were produced.
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This is a simple half-sib population, with each sire having 30 progeny and eachdamonly one progeny.
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If s1 is chosen in this way, then the upstreamdamwill normally be larger, and the downstream smaller.
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Canoeing took place on a farmdamwhich was filled by pump from the local river.
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Locks allow vessels to move across dams, but may constitute a capacity bottleneck in the waterway network.
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The lambs were the offspring of 37 sires and 491 dams.
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It gradually reached the southeast and the north as large dams were also constructed in those locales.
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When nursed by a control-feddam, the pancreatic weight was comparable with controls by weaning.
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The longitudinal sections extend up to two kilometers downstream of thedam.
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They are the only groups who can know the immediate local impacts of thedam.
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I began to teach them courses about environmental legislation and law and social and environmental impacts of big dams.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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Collocationswithdam

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concrete dam
Theconcretedamis 13.7 metres high.
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dam project
Economic interests, such as a corporation funding adamproject, often intercede in the regulatory process.
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dam site
Thedamsiteis at.
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