embankment
UK/im'bæŋkmәnt/US
GREC2
Definitions
n.
A wall or bank of earth or stone built to hold back water or to carry a road or railway.
堤坝；路堤；铁路堤。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedem-to put into, to cause
+
-mentaction, result, state
=embankment
em- (to make/put into) + bank (ridge of earth) + -ment (result) = the result of building up an earth bank. This is the Old Norse 'slope/ridge' sense, not the money sense — a purpose-built wall of piled earth or stone.
Root bank still carries 11 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.railway embankment铁路路堤
- 2.river embankment河堤
- 3.grassy embankment长草的土堤
Example Sentences
- 1.
The railway runs along a high embankment above the valley.
- 2.
Engineers reinforced the embankment to prevent flooding.