防洪堤（levee的复数）

n. a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)
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

levee的用法和样例：

例句

用作名词(n.)

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

【近义词】

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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