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 embankment was destroyed by rush of waters.
  堤岸被冲毁。
• The stress reduction ratio and the vertical stress distribution in the embankment fill were studied in detail.
  根据试验结果，分析了应力折减系数大小和填土中的竖向应力分布特点。
• The paper analyzes the high-filling embankment failures and their causes, and discusses some preventive measures.
  分析了高填路基病害、成因，并对其防治措施进行了探讨。
• 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。
• An embankment has been thrown up.
  这河堤是匆匆筑成的。
• The embankment was high enough to provide cover for us.
  堤埂很高，正好充当掩蔽。
• The car went out of control on a bend and plummeted down an embankment.
  车子在弯道处失去控制，一头扎下堤岸。
• This paper introduces design and test of the pipe used in the circular pipe culvert under high embankment.
  介绍了高填方路段圆管涵管节的设计和试验。
• They climbed a steep embankment.
  他们爬上了陡峭的堤岸。
• This paper describes the types of crack due to deformation of the earth-rock embankment and the causes of cracking.
  本文讨论了土石坝由变形而产生裂缝的类型和成因。