An embankment is a thick wall of earth that is built to carry a road or railway over an area of low ground, or to prevent water from a river or the sea from flooding the area.
例句
They climbed a steep embankment.他們爬上了陡峭的堤岸。...a railway embankment.鐵路路堤
英漢詞典釋義
n.
(道路的)路堤;(河流的)岸堤
The embankment was washed out by the storm.堤岸被暴風(fēng)雨摧毀了。The waves washed over the sea embankment with a loud crashing noise.波濤拍打著海堤發(fā)出巨大的撞擊聲。The work consisted of throwing up embankments and installing water turbine pumps.這項(xiàng)工作包括快速建起堤壩和安裝渦輪水泵。The bus came off the road and plunged down an embankment.公共汽車駛離了公路，沖下路堤。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection