单词：dammed
vt. 用水坝阻止（dam的过去式与过去分词形式）
v obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
词性分布：
dam的用法和样例：
例句
用作名词(n.)
- The dam was not strong enough to hold back the flood waters.水坝不太坚固，挡不住洪水。
- The village was swept away when the dam burst.村庄在水坝决堤时被冲走了。
- The water deepened after the dam was built.堤坝建成后水已加深。
- The river keeps rising and the dam is threatened.河水不断上涨，大堤出现险情。
- A dam is a barrier holding water back.水坝是防堵水的障碍物。
用作动词(v.)
- They are going to dam up the river to set up a hydropower station.他们准备拦江筑坝建水电站。
- It's hard to dam up one's feelings.一个人要抑制自己的感情是不容易的。
常见句型
用作名词(n.)
- The Aswan Dam helps to control the River Nile in Egypt.阿斯旺水坝有助于控制埃及的尼罗河。
用作动词(v.)
用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.- The laboring people tried their best to dam the river.劳动人民尽最大努力筑堤防洪。
- The girl lost her boy friend, she couldn't dam her feeling.这个女孩失恋了,她不能控制自己的感情。
- They dammed the water to control flooding.他们筑坝来防洪水。
常用短语
用作动词(v.)
dam up (v.+adv.)- 抑制; 控制control
词汇搭配
用作名词 (n.)
动词+～- build〔construct, erect〕 a dam筑坝
- burst the dam冲垮堤坝
- complete a dam建成水坝
- a storage dam蓄水闸
- the dam in〔across〕 the river河上的水坝
用作动词 (v.)
～+副词- dam up one's anger抑制某人的怒气
- dam up one's feeling抑制某人的感情
- dam up the inflation抑制通货膨胀
经典引文
The complete damming up of all my creative capacities.
出自：W. C. WilliamsThe boards dammed up the creek enough to form a huge bathtub there.
出自：R. Brautigan
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