levee

英 ['levɪ; lɪ'viː] 美['lɛvi]
  • n. 堤坝(码头);(旧时君主或显贵的)早晨接见
  • vt. 为…筑堤
  • n. (Levee)人名;(利比)莱维

TEM8GRE畅通词汇

助记提示


1. 谐音“来围”。
2. lev- "to raise" => levee.

中文词源


levee 防洪堤,码头,早朝

来自拉丁语levare,升起,举起,词源同lever.引申词义防洪堤,码头。早朝义来自法语,原义为起床,代指君主接见朝臣的早会。

英英释意


1. a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea

英文词源


levee (n.1)
1719, "natural or artificial embankment to prevent overflow of a river," from New Orleans French levée "raising, lifting; embankment," from French, originally fem. past participle of lever "to raise," from Latin levare "to raise" (see lever).
levee (n.2)
"morning assembly held by a prince or king (upon rising from bed)," 1670s, from French lever "a raising," noun use of verb meaning "to raise" (see levee (n.1)).

实用场景例句


The calculation method may offer a reference for Chinese levee code revision.
所介绍的计算方法对于我国堤防工程等规范的修订有一定的参考意义.

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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.

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Levee double - layer foundation is very common in levees along large rivers.
双层 堤基在大江大河防洪干堤中非常普遍.

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The pressure on dams and levee s is very strong.
大坝和堤防需要承受巨大的洪水冲击的压力.

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Said local levee as " Zhang embankment. "
当地称大堤为 “ 张公堤 ”.

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Look at that long levee of logs.
韩佳:你看,就是那边的枯木长堤.

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Look at that levee of logs.
你看,就是那边的枯木长堤.

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I move on like a sinners prayer. I let them go like a levee breaks.
我象圣徒一般祈祷前行, 我的思绪象决堤汹涌.

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Risks caused by many uncertainty factors in levee engineering are cared about by people.
堤防工程中因各种不确定性因素引起的风险正日益受到人们的关注.

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The model can be used in earth - rock allocation of mad engineering and levee engineering widely.
优化模型可以广泛应用于道路、堤防等工程的土石方调配问题中.

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Risks in levee engineering caused by many uncertainty factors are cared about by people.
堤防工程中因各种不确定因素引起的风险正日益受到人们的关注.

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