dike

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /daɪk/    美 /daɪk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. US standard spelling of dyke. US,alt-of,standard
    — In 1574, the duke of Alva laid siege to Leiden to gain control of Holland's most beautiful and prosperous city. To relieve the siege, William of Orange and his followers opened the city's protective dikes to flush out—literally—the surrounding Spanish forces.
  2. Alternative form of deck: (US dialect slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man. alt-of,alternative
  3. Contraction of diagonal cutters. abbreviation,alt-of,contraction,slang
    — “The word ‘dikes’ is widely used to mean ‘diagonal cutters’, a kind of wire cutter.”
  4. Formalwear or other fashionable dress. US,dialectal,obsolete,slang
  5. Alternative form of dyke, Alternative form of deck: (slang, usually derogatory) a masculine woman; a lesbian. alt-of,alternative
动词 v.
  1. US standard spelling of dyke. US,alt-of,standard
    — Lakeside water-filtration plants, an 11,000-acre diked airport east of 55th Street, slash-and-bulldoze highway projects through Jackson and Lincoln parks—these and many another grandiose project leapt from the sketchbooks of city planners.
  2. To be well dressed. US,dialectal,obsolete,slang
  3. To cut or remove using dikes. slang

词形变化

dikes plural dikes present,singular,third-person diking participle,present diked participle,past diked past dikes present,singular,third-person diking participle,present diked participle,past diked past dikes plural dikes present,singular,third-person diking participle,present diked participle,past diked past dikes plural

词汇关系

衍生词
out on a dike

词源

词源 1
From Northern Middle English dik and dike (“ditch”), from Old Norse díki (“ditch”). Influenced by Middle Dutch dijc (“ditch; dam”) and Middle Low German dīk (“dam”). See also ditch.
词源 2
Of uncertain etymology, first attested in mid-19th century Virginia. Possibly a variant of deck and deck out or influenced by them.
词源 3
Contraction of diagonal + cutters.
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