levee
levee 英 [ˈlevi] 美 [ˈlɛvi]
n. 堤坝（码头）；（旧时君主或显贵的）早晨接见 vt. 为…筑堤
名词复数:levees
- A levee is an embankment, like a dam, constructed to prevent the overflow of a body of water. It can also mean a formal reception. How do these two words relate? Read on...
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- n. 堤坝（码头）；（旧时君主或显贵的）早晨接见
- vt. 为…筑堤
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1. In normal circumstances merely placing a layer of protective material on top of a levee in this way would not do much good.
一般来说如果只是这样在堤坝顶部铺一层类似的保护材料在漫坝时不会起到什么作用。
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2. The stark earthen line separating Hamburg from the dark-colored flood water is probably a levee.
一条鲜明的土地分界线将汉堡和深色洪水隔离开来，这条线可能是一座堤坝。
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3. But allow me to pause for a moment and throw another sandbag on the levee of those trying to resist this tide.
但请容许我暂停片刻，在试图抵挡这股潮流的堤坝上再添一个沙袋。
- levee (n.1) 1719, "natural or artificial embankment to prevent overflow of a river," from New Orleans French levée "a raising, a lifting; an embankment," from French levée, literally "a rising" (as of the sun), noun use of fem. past participle of lever "to raise," from Latin levare "to raise, lift up; make lighter" (from PIE root *legwh- "not heavy, having little weight"). They also were used as landing places.
- levee (n.2) "morning assembly held by a prince or king" (originally upon rising from bed), 1670s, a spelling intended to represent the pronunciation of French lever "a raising," noun use of verb meaning "to raise" (see levee (n.1)), or else from a variant form of levée in French, which, however, "has not the meaning 'a reception'" [Century Dictionary]. By mid-18c. the word in English was used of assemblies or receptions held at any hour.
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