坝

[bà]

英语翻译

坝[bà]

坝（壩）bà（ㄅㄚˋ）

⒈ 截住河流的构筑物：拦河坝。堤坝。

⒉ 河工险要处、巩固堤防的构筑物。

⒊ 平地（多用于地名）：雁门坝（在中国四川省）。

⒋ 方言，沙滩，沙洲。

dam、embankment

形声：从土、贝声

embankment; dam

◎ 坝

壩 bà

〈名〉

(1) (形声。从土，霸声。本义：堤坝)

(2) 截河拦水的堤堰。堤坝 [dam]

其河自西坝至东坝十六里有余。——单锷《吴中水利书》

(3) 又如：丁坝；坝埽；顺坝

(4) 堤岸 [dyke；embankment]。如：坝田(堤岸旁边的田地)；坝地(在山沟里打坝，拦流土而淤成的农田)

(5) 平地 [flatland；plain]

君家水茄白银色，殊胜坝里紫彭亨。——黄庭坚《谢杨履道》

(6) 又如：坝子(中国西南地区称平地或平原)；坪坝；晒坝

修了一道堤坝挡住洪水。
A dyke was built to retain the floods.
水坝在水的压力下终於决口。
The dam eventually yielded and collapsed under the weight of water.
这个堤坝拦住了滔滔的洪水。
Millions of gallons of water are kept back by the dam.
堤坝建成後水已加深。
The water deepened after the dam was built.
水坝不太坚固，挡不住洪水。
The dam was not strong enough to hold back the flood waters.
那水坝在水的压力下决口了。
The dam burst under the weight of water.
水坝坍塌了;它不够坚固，挡不住洪水。
The dam gave way; it was not strong enough to hold the flood waters.
村庄在水坝决堤时被冲走了。
The village was swept away when the dam burst.