dike

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dike /daɪk/ noun [countable]  x-refanother spelling of dyke dyke的另一种拼法

Examples from the Corpus

dike• Soon, we moved, and I walked over a dike.• They have proposed building a temporary dike around the crash site.• The ammo bearer lifted his head above the dike to help call in artillery.• He had sifted some larger pebbles from the sand and was throwing them absently at the dike of drift and kelp.• I skirted the dike district too - or at any rate two big chicks denied me entry to their purple sanctum.• Somehow, I made it to the dike, dove over the dike, and there was my whole squad.• The dike around the shop complex had broken.Origin dike Old English dic “ditch, dike”

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dike
dike /daɪk/ noun [countable]another spelling of dyke

dikeBrE /daɪk/ 🔊NAmE /daɪk/ 🔊 noun = dyke