dike

中文： 堤坝、堤防、水沟

1. An earthwork raised to prevent inundation of low land by the sea or flooding rivers.
2. A low embankment or stone wall serving as an enclosure and boundary marker.
3. A raised causeway.
4. A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to conduct water.
5. A body of rock (usually igneous) originally filling a fissure but now often rising above the older stratum as it is eroded away.
6. A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory. (slang)
7. An embankment formed by the spoil from the creation of a ditch.
8. A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to serve as a boundary marker.

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