dike

堤防、堤、圍堰

Volunteers piled sandbags along the dike before the river rose.

志工在河水上漲前沿著堤防堆起沙包。

排水溝、溝渠英式

A narrow dike drains the fields behind the old farmhouse.

一條窄窄的排水溝把老農舍後方田地的水排掉。

女同性戀者俚語、貶義

Calling someone a dike is an offensive slur.

用那個字眼稱呼女同性戀者是帶有侮辱意味的髒話。

築堤、築堤防護

The lowlands were diked and drained centuries ago.

這片低地在幾百年前就已築堤並排乾了水。