Dyke

(n.) See Dike. The spelling dyke is restricted by some to the geological meaning.

艾格尼丝编辑

• He did not want to make a Thermopylae, nor be Horatius at any bridge, nor be the Dutch boy With his finger in that dyke. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• It may be necessary to have dykes on portions of the seashore; they may be superfluous elsewhere. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Those who wish to be safe had better go soon, for the dykes will be opened to-morrow, and who can fly when the whole country is under water? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• By opening these gates, and by piercing a few dykes, the ocean might be made to fight for them. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But to concentrate nine-tenths of your attention on the subject of dykes is to forget the civilization they are supposed to protect. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

整理:史黛丝