英语释义

• a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea

片语

levee management堤防管理

levee safety堤防安全

levee revetment堤防护岸

mudflow levee泥流堤

back levee支堤

natural levee[地质] 天然堤，天然堤岸；自然堤

Levee Project堤防工程

Levee Effect堤防效应

guide levee[水利]

levee breach决堤

英汉例句

• the hundreds of people camped on the levee were those who had no biraderi outside the flooded area, or who couldn’t afford to make the journey to them.

  那些驻扎在堤坝上的人都是在灾区以外的地方没有biraderi，或是无法负担旅行的人。

• the mississippi river crested at vicksburg yesterday at a record high of 14.1 feet above flood stage, but did not breach the main levee or inundate the city.

  昨天密西西比河洪水到达维克斯堡的水位超出警戒水位14.1英尺，但是并没有损坏主堤，也没有淹没整个城市。

• coastal stretches of south-east louisiana, particularly areas outside levee protection, are the main concern.

  路易斯安娜州东南沿岸地区，特别是防洪堤外地区，是重点防护对象。

• but allow me to pause for a moment and throw another sandbag on the levee of those trying to resist this tide.

  但请容许我暂停片刻，在试图抵挡这股潮流的堤坝上再添一个沙袋。

• on july 13, 2011, ketv of omaha, nebraska, reported that a newly built, 2-mile levee designed to protect hamburg already exceeded federal standards.

  在2011年7月13日，据内布拉斯加州奥马哈ketv电视台报告，将有一条高于联邦标準设计的两英里长堤坝用以保护汉堡市。

• levee improvements are going on at the moment, but until they are finished new orleans is vulnerable.

  堤坝正在维修加固中，在没有完工之前新奥尔良都是处于危险当中。

• in normal circumstances merely placing a layer of protective material on top of a levee in this way would not do much good.

  一般来说如果只是这样在堤坝顶部铺一层类似的保护材料在漫坝时不会起到什么作用。