embankment
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT 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 or the sea from flooding the area. 堤
They climbed a steep embankment. 他们爬上了一个陡峭的堤岸。
...a railway embankment. …一条铁路路堤。
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embankment /ɪmˈbæŋkmənt/ (embankments)
剑桥词典
- an artificial slope made of earth and/or stones
堤，堤岸，堤围；（路）堤
a river /road /railway embankment 河堤／路堤／铁路路堤 返回 embankment