levee

1. N-COUNT A levee is a raised bank alongside a river. 河堤[美國(guó)英語(yǔ)]

Water poured over a levee and flooded about 75 percent of Montegut. 水漫過了河堤并淹沒了蒙特古特75%的地區(qū)。

2. N-COUNT a formal reception held by a sovereign just after rising from bed 晨起朝見