[N-COUNT 可数名词]（公路、铁路等的）路堤；（河、海等的）堤，堤岸 An embankment is 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.
[oft in names after n]
They climbed a steep embankment.
他们爬上了陡峭的堤岸。
...a railway embankment.
铁路路堤
...Victoria Embankment.
维多利亚大堤
Oxford
em·bank·ment/ɪmˈbæŋkmənt; NAmEɪmˈbæŋkmənt/noun1a wall of stone or earth made to keep water back or to carry a road or railway/railroad over low ground 堤；堤岸；堤围；（公路或铁路）路堤2a slope made of earth or stone that rises up from either side of a road or railway/railroad （公路或铁路两侧的）护坡embankmentembankmentsem·bank·ment/ɪmˈbæŋkmənt; NAmEɪmˈbæŋkmənt/