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levee

美音:[´levı ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.防洪堤,码头,大堤 v.筑防洪堤于

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levee为短语/超纲词汇

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动词过去式:leveed 过去分词:leveed 现在分词:leveeing 第三人称单数:levees

levee


/'levɪ; `lɛvɪ/
n (arch 古) assembly of visitors, esp at a formal reception 集体接见; (尤指正式的)招待会.

/'levɪ; `lɛvɪ/
n (esp US) embankment built to prevent a flooded river from overflowing 防洪堤
*the levees along the Mississippi 密西西比河大堤.

levee


n[C]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French;Origin: levée, from lever 'to raise']
a special wall built to stop a river flooding