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levee n.集体接见；招待会；堤岸；码头v.筑堤 (1) 工作人员急着在密苏里东部地区建造一座四英寸高的堤坝。 In French, lever means to lift and se lever means to rise, literally "lift yourself." When the king rose from his bed and received visitors, that was a levee. When you raise up dirt or other materials to build a dam or levee, that's also a levee. Now, official levees don't involve kings––but you might hear of “a governor’s levee at the state capital.” And levee can be used as a verb, meaning to make an embankment, or shore up.

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英 ['levi] 美 ['levi] (1) Crews are rushing to build a four-foot-tall levee around the eastern Missouri community. A levee is an embankment, like a dam, constructed to prevent the overflow of a body of water. It can also mean a formal reception. How do these two words relate? Read on...

英语单词	levee
英美音标	英 ['levi] 美 ['levi]
中文释义	n.集体接见；招待会；堤岸；码头 v.筑堤
英语例句	(1) Crews are rushing to build a four-foot-tall levee around the eastern Missouri community.
中文例句	(1) 工作人员急着在密苏里东部地区建造一座四英寸高的堤坝。
vocabulary简明	A levee is an embankment, like a dam, constructed to prevent the overflow of a body of water. It can also mean a formal reception. How do these two words relate? Read on...
vocabulary扩展	In French, lever means to lift and se lever means to rise, literally "lift yourself." When the king rose from his bed and received visitors, that was a levee. When you raise up dirt or other materials to build a dam or levee, that's also a levee. Now, official levees don't involve kings––but you might hear of “a governor’s levee at the state capital.” And levee can be used as a verb, meaning to make an embankment, or shore up.

Levee Build Embankment Lever Means 英 Levi] 美 Levi