embankment
                
          英 [?m'b??km(?)nt; em-]
美 [?m'b??km?nt]
        
                
        
                
                中文詞源
        
        embankment 堤岸em-, 進入,使。bank, 河堤,岸。
 
                英文詞源
        
        - embankment (n.)
- 1786, from embank "to enclose with a bank" (1570s; see em- (1) + bank (n.2)) + -ment.
雙語例句
        
        - 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.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
 
- 2. The bus came off the road and plunged down an embankment. 
- 公共汽車駛離了公路,沖下路堤.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
 
- 3. The embankment was washed out by the storm. 
- 堤岸被暴風雨摧毀了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
 
- 4. An embankment has been thrown up. 
- 這河堤是匆匆筑成的.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
 
- 5. We walked along the Thames embankment. 
- 我們沿著泰晤士河的堤岸散步.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》