levee ['levi]

英汉解释

n. 堤坝（码头）；（旧时君主或显贵的）早晨接见
vt. 为…筑堤

参考例句

1. At the beginning of the book, a farmer sees water flooding over a levee in Forestport.
在这本书的开始，一位农民看到洪水漫过佛斯特鲍特镇的大堤。
2. A levee near Gulfport, Illinois was not able to hold back the rising water of the Mississippi river.
伊利诺斯州得海港大堤已经不能阻止正在上涨得密西西比河的河水了。
3. Emergency workers are hoping it will block floodwaters from a broken levee south of the town of Winfield.
紧急救援人员都希望这能阻止从南部城镇温菲尔德破破裂堤防涌来的洪水。

英英解释

n.
  1. a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)
  2. a pier that provides a landing place on a river
  3. an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing

网络释义

levee
河堤; 天然堤; 堤防; 大堤;
levee crown
堤顶 天端;
lava levee
熔岩堤;
circle levee
围堤; 月堤; 围堰;
bank levee
河岸堤;