dam

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义
英 /ˈdæm/|[ˈdæm] ~ [ˈdam]|/ˈdam/|[ˈdam]    美 /ˈdæm/|/ˈdæːm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.
    — A dam is often an essential source of water to farmers of hilly country.
  2. Female parent, mother, generally regarding breeding of animals.
    — More dear […] than younglings to their dam.
  3. An obsolete Indian copper coin, equal to a fortieth of a rupee. India,historical
    — […] A small Indian coin; whence comes the saying "I don't care a dam for you," that is I don't value you a farthing, and not as generally given, "I don't care a damn" or a "curse for you." [Possibly a folk etymology.]
  4. The water reservoir resulting from placing such a structure.
    — Boats may only be used at places set aside for boating on the dam.
  5. A kind of crowned piece in the game of draughts.
  6. A former coin of Nepal, 128 of which were worth one mohar. historical
  7. A device to prevent a tooth from getting wet during dental work, consisting of a rubber sheet held with a band.
  8. A reservoir. Australia,South-Africa
  9. A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.
动词 v.
  1. To block the flow of water. transitive
    — Home I vvould go, / But that my Dores are hatefull to my eyes. / Fill'd and damm'd up vvith gaping Creditors, / VVatchfull as Fovvlers vvhen their Game vvill ſpring; […]
形容词 adj.
  1. Damn. historical,not-comparable,pronunciation-spelling,slang
    — Do not get too caught up in individual campism. The Most-High sent your spirits back on earth to fix yourselves, come together and wake up our people, so do your dam job and stop letting your fleshly desires control you.
感叹词 intj.
  1. Damn. historical,pronunciation-spelling,slang

词形变化

dams plural dams present,singular,third-person damming participle,present dammed participle,past dammed past dams plural dams plural dam' alternative dam' alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English dam, from Old English *damm, from Proto-West Germanic *damm, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.
词源 2
Variant of dame. Doublet of domina and donna.
词源 3
From Hindi दाम (dām), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀫𑁆𑀫 (damma, “coin”), from Sanskrit द्रम्म (drammá), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Doublet of drachm, drachma, and dram.
Alternatively said to be possibly coined from the English phrase "I don't give a dam(n)," referring to its small worth.
词源 4
Pronunciation spelling of damn.
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