levee

(Tiếng Anh)

Noun

1. An elevated ridge of deposited sediment on the banks of a river, formed by the river's overflow at times of high discharge.
2. An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.
3. (US) The steep bank of a river.
4. (US) The border of an irrigated field.
5. (US) A pier or other landing place on a river.

Verb

To keep within a channel by means of levees.

Verb

To attend the levee or levees of.

Phát âm là (IPA)

/ˈlɛvi/

Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

From French levée, from lever (“to raise, rise”).

Từ đồng nghĩa

dike

embankment

dyke

dam

pier

bank

🏦

barrier

wharf

quay

jetty

groyne

landing-place

landing stage

mole

mound

platform

reception

reception desk

response

seawall

track

welcome

audience chamber

durbar

sea wall

sea-wall

surgery

public audience

reception line

debris dam

flood barrier

sea dyke

sea bank

alluvial dam

natural levee

levee banks

dykes and dams

sea embankment

acceptance

coastal levee

at home

breakwater

bund

cant

causeway

court

drawing-room

fascine

groin

Bản dịch

diga

digue

argine

🏦

ανάχωμα

dique

Deich

dique

malecón

Damm

Morgenempfang

dijk

δεξίωση

υποδοχή

grobla

φράγμα