embankment

英 [ɪmˈbæŋkmənt]

美 [ɪmˈbæŋkmənt]

n.  堤; 堤岸; 堤围; (公路和铁路)路堤; (公路或铁路两侧的)护坡

复数：embankments　

GREIELTSTEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.10271 / COCA.14695

牛津词典

noun

• 堤；堤岸；堤围；（公路和铁路）路堤
  a wall of stone or earth made to keep water back or to carry a road or railway/railroad over low ground
• （公路或铁路两侧的）护坡
  a slope made of earth or stone that rises up from either side of a road or railway/railroad

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （公路、铁路等的）路堤;（河、海等的）堤，堤岸
  Anembankmentis 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.
  1. They climbed a steep embankment.
     他们爬上了陡峭的堤岸。
  2. ...a railway embankment.
     铁路路堤
  3. ...Victoria Embankment.
     维多利亚大堤

英英释义

noun

• a long artificial mound of stone or earth

双语例句

• The waves washed over the sea embankment with a loud crashing noise.
  波涛拍打着海堤发出巨大的撞击声。
• The embankment was washed out by the storm.
  堤岸被暴风雨摧毁了。
• Application of high pressure jet grouting pile in foundation projects of flood embankment
  高压旋喷桩在防洪堤基础工程中的应用
• Their work consists of digging reservoirs and throwing up embankment.
  他们的任务是挖水库和修堤坝。
• Researchers have proposed a good strengthening technique, namely a new composite slope protections for the embankment.
  研究人员提出了一种新的补强措施&新型复合护坡结构。
• We walked along the Thames embankment.
  我们沿着泰晤士河的堤岸散步。
• The new dam consists of an earth core rockfill embankment and a concrete transition at the left abutment.
  新建坝包括一座土质心墙堆石堤坝和一个位于左坝肩的混凝土过渡带。
• The embankment is in great peril.
  河堤岌岌可危。
• This article describes the hazards of two kinds of bad road embankment in construction, and to study the construction techniques of adverse roadbed.
  文章叙述了公路施工中两种不良路基的危害，并研究了不良路基的施工技术。
• Block stones were used to protect permafrost from thawing by air convection effect in the embankment of Qinghai-Tibet Railway.
  青藏铁路广泛采用的块石护坡和块石路基是通过空气对流降低路基的温度起到保护冻土的作用。