levee

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈlɛvi/|/ˈlɛveɪ/    美 /ˈlɛvi/|/ləˈvi/|/ləˈveɪ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An elevated ridge of deposited sediment on the banks of a river, formed by the river's overflow at times of high discharge.
  2. The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest. obsolete
    — c. 1763, Thomas Gray, letter to Mr. Nichols And look before you were up in the morning, though you were a punctual courtier at the sun's levee
  3. An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.
  4. A reception of visitors held after getting up.
  5. The steep bank of a river. US
    — The purchaser of a riparious estate under the words "front to the levee," does not acquire the alluvion or batture, when there is land susceptible of separate ownership beyond the levee.
  6. A formal reception, especially one given by royalty or other leaders.
    — I must take my leave, for the Cardinal holds a levee to-day, and let those fail in attendance who want nothing.
  7. The border of an irrigated field. US
  8. A pier or other landing place on a river. US
动词 v.
  1. To keep within a channel by means of levees. US,transitive
    — to levee a river
  2. To attend the levee or levees of. transitive
    — He levees all the great.

词形变化

levees plural levée alternative,uncommon levees present,singular,third-person leveeing participle,present leveed participle,past leveed past levée alternative,uncommon levees plural levée alternative,uncommon levees present,singular,third-person leveeing participle,present leveed participle,past leveed past levée alternative,uncommon

词汇关系

衍生词
palaeolevee paleolevee

词源

词源 1
From French levée, from lever (“to raise, rise”).
词源 2
From French levé variant of the noun lever (“the act of getting up in the morning”).
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