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dams

/dæmz/

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noun

水坝，堤坝。

Examples :

"A dam is often an essential source of water to farmers of hilly country."

水坝通常是丘陵地区农民重要的水源。

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noun

水库，拦水坝。

The water reservoir resulting from placing such structure.

Examples :

"Boats may only be used at places set aside for boating on the dam."

船只只能在水库上专门划定的区域内使用。

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noun

橡皮障，隔湿障。

A device to prevent a tooth from getting wet during dental work, consisting of a rubber sheet held with a band.

Examples :

"The dentist used dams to keep my teeth dry while filling the cavity. "

牙医在给我补牙的时候用了橡皮障来保持我的牙齿干燥。

medicine device

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noun

水库，堤坝。

Examples :

"The river's dams created a large lake, providing water for the nearby town. "

河流上的堤坝形成了一个大型水库，为附近的城镇提供了水源。

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noun

炉缸挡墙, 炉箅石。

A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.

Examples :

"The aging blast furnace needed new dams to contain the intense heat and molten metal. "

老化的鼓风炉需要新的炉缸挡墙来承受高温和熔融金属。

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verb

筑坝，拦截。

To block the flow of water.

Examples :

"The construction crew dams the river temporarily to build the new bridge. "

施工队临时筑坝拦截河流，以便建造新桥。

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noun

母兽，雌性亲本。

Female parent, mother, generally regarding breeding of animals (correlative to sire).

Examples :

"The farmer carefully tracked the breeding history of his cows, noting which dams produced the most milk. "

农场主仔细追踪他的母牛的繁殖记录，并记录哪些母兽产奶量最高。

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noun

跳棋的王，跳棋的后。

A kind of crowned piece in the game of draughts.

Examples :

"After a tense exchange of pieces, Maria finally succeeded in crowning one of her checkers, creating dams that would be very difficult for her opponent to stop. "

经过一番紧张的棋子交换后，玛丽亚终于成功地把她的一颗棋子升变成了跳棋的后，这些“后”非常难被她的对手阻挡。

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noun

铜币, Dam

An obsolete Indian copper coin, equal to a fortieth of a rupee.

Examples :

"My grandmother's collection included several rare dams, a type of old Indian copper coin. "

我奶奶的收藏品中包括几枚罕见的达姆铜币，这是一种古老的印度铜币。

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达姆

A former coin of Nepal, 128 of which were worth one mohar.

Examples :

""In Nepal, old shopkeepers sometimes count out small transactions using dams, remembering when 128 dams equaled a mohar." "

在尼泊尔，老店主有时还会用“达姆”来计算小额交易，他们还记得以前128个“达姆”等于一个莫哈币的时候。

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