n.[C]

1. 水壩，水堤
   They have decided to build a dam across the river.

   他們決定在這條河上建一座水壩。

2. 攔蓄之水
3. 障礙物，屏障

vt.

1. 築壩於，築壩攔（水）[（+up/out）]
   The stream was dammed up.

   這溪流被壩堵住了。

2. 控制，抑制[（+in/up/back）]
   The lady dammed up her anger.

   那位女士抑制住一腔怒火。

n.

1. 母獸[C]

n.

1. a barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its level, forming a reservoir or preventing flooding.
   ▸a barrier of branches in a stream, constructed by a beaver to provide a deep pool and a lodge.
2. (also dental dam) a rubber sheet used to keep saliva from the teeth during dental operations, or as a prophylactic device during cunnilingus and anilingus.

v.

n.

abbrev.

[名]

1. 大壩。
   댐을 쌓다.

   築大壩。