The dam is 3800 ___. It is a 980 ___ dam at the base.

metres long, metres wide B.metres-long, metres wide  C.metres long, metre-wide

D. metre—long, metres wide

C


解析:

“…米長”就說 “metre(s )long ; (作表語).作定語時用metre-wide+ 名詞.如:He wrote a two-thousand-word report.

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