2.SYINSULT taboo informal an offensiveword for a lesbian (=woman who is sexually attracted to women). Do not use this word. 同性恋女子〔蔑称,勿用此词〕
3.especially British EnglishBrETECTB a narrowpassage to carry water away 排水沟,排水渠SYN ditch
Examples from the Corpus
dyke• Their sheep-fanks and cattle-pounds spread away, across land rented from the inn-keeper, in a close mesh of stonedykes.• Its levelrises slowly and the land behind the dykessinks, but even more slowly.• Damage has extended into the dykes which run between the grazingmarshes.
Origindyke
1. Old English dic“ditch, dike”
2. (1900-2000) Probably from morphadyke“male and female person, homosexual”((1900-2000)), from hermaphrodite