单词:levee
vt. 为...筑堤
n. a pier that provides a landing place on a river
n. an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing
考试类型:[GRE]
levee的用法和样例:
例句
- The Major General attended the President's levee in full uniform.那位少将身着全套军服出席总统的招待会。
- Crews are rushing to build a four-foot-tall levee around the eastern Missouri community.工作人员急着在密苏里东部地区建造一座四英寸高的堤坝。
词汇搭配
- closing levee围堤
- coastal levee海岸堤防,海堤,海塘...
- training levee导水堤,导流堤...
- levee ramp堤上坡道
- main levee主堤
- open levee开口堤
- levee grade堤顶纵坡
- natural levee冲积堤,天然堤...
- levee revetment堤防护岸
- river levee沿河大堤,河堤,河流...
- separation levee隔堤,分流堤...
- wing levee翼堤
- levee sloughing堤身崩坍
- levee widening堤坝加宽,堤坝培厚...
- ring levee月堤,环闸
- back levee背水堤
- levee sluice堤上泄水闸
经典引文
Islands in the river might be leveed and successfully cultivated.
出自:J. Palmer
- embankment堤防
- bank银行
- earthwork土方工程
- wall墙壁
- rampart垒
- protection保护
- reception接待
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