dique
dam ; levee ; seawall ; embankment ; dike [dyke].
The article 'Poland: the dam breaks' outlines the history of severe censorship restrictions in Poland = The article 'Poland: the dam breaks' outlines the history of severe censorship restrictions in Poland.
The author considers whether the librarian should be a filter, providing only those materials considered appropriate, or a levee holding back the floodwaters of publications and proliferating information.
A violent storm breached the seawall caused widespread flooding of the area including the library.
Side-effects on the environment include beaches losing sand because of seafront embankments, littoral dunes deteriorating and marinas becoming silted.
The article is entitled 'Holes in the dike: is Cambridge Scientific publisher losing water?.
construcción de diques
diking [dyking]
The technology of dyking and draining salt marshlands was widespread in coastal Europe, and was introduced along the eastern North American seaboard wherever needed.
construir un dique
dike [dyke]
By dyking the land and clearing up the scrub and drift wood that covered most of it, there was left a magnificent stretch of splendid soil.
dejar en el dique seco
mothball
put out to + pasture
put out to + grass
put + Nombre + out of action
Thirty years ago, owners would have either bulldozed entire facilities or mothballed them and built new plants.
Let the free market decide whether it wants to support Prince's way of doing business or it wants to put him out to pasture.
The article 'Should the computer be put out to grass?' argues that successful transfer of information relies more on quality than quantity.
After a brilliant first season with Benfica, Mantorras had a terrible second one; a traumatizing knee injury put Mantorras out of action.
dique seco
dry dock
After the dry dock had been completed the water was pumped out but the cement floor and sides were not strong enough to prevent rupture by the pressure from below.
en el dique seco
in dry dock
in the wilderness
dry spell
Three bills intended to scuttle affirmative action in California were left in dry dock when the committee refused to pass them.
Beckham is currently back in the starting line-up after a year in the wilderness under Steve McClaren and even skippered the side again on Sunday.
After ten years of glut in the economy, a dry spell is due, and it will last for more than a year or two.
estar en el dique seco
be out of action
DJ Slim will be out of action for a bit - he has a serious back injury that needs intensive treatment immediately.
