embankment

embankment

英 [ɪm'bæŋkm(ə)nt; em-]
　　美 [ɪm'bæŋkmənt]

n. 路堤；堤防

中文詞源：

embankment 堤岸

em-, 進入，使。bank, 河堤，岸。

例句：

1. The waves washed over the sea embankment with a loud crashing noise.
波濤拍打著海堤發出巨大的撞擊聲.

2. The bus came off the road and plunged down an embankment.
公共汽車駛離瞭公路,沖下路堤.

3. The embankment was washed out by the storm.
堤岸被暴風雨摧毀瞭.

4. An embankment has been thrown up.
這河堤是匆匆築成的.

5. We walked along the Thames embankment.
我們沿著泰晤士河的堤岸散步.