embankment
/ɪmˈbæŋkmənt/📚 15242 1雅思An embankment is a thick wall of earth that is built to carry a road or railway track over an area of low ground, or to prevent water from a river from flooding the area. 堤
noun [专属名词]路堤；堤防
They climbed a steep embankment.
他们爬上了一个陡峭的堤岸。
em(使…) + bank(岸) + ment → 使有堤岸 → 筑堤
单词造句:
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- a railway embankment 一条铁路路堤
- The embankment is in great peril. 河堤岌岌可危。
- Toad jumped, rolled down a short embankment, picked himself up unhurt, scrambled into the wood and hid. 托德纵身一跳，滚下一段短短的路基，毫发无损地爬了起来，爬进树林，藏了起来。