embankment
UK/im'bæŋkmәnt/US
GREC2
释义
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。
词根拆分
词根派生em-（使……成为）+ bank（土堤）+ -ment（结果）= 筑起土堤的结果。这是古诺斯语「斜坡/土脊」义，不是金融义——人为堆起的土石之墙。
词根 bank 还连着 11 个词常用搭配
- 1.railway embankment铁路路堤
- 2.river embankment河堤
- 3.grassy embankment长草的土堤
例句
- 1.
The railway runs along a high embankment above the valley.
铁路沿着山谷上方一道高高的路堤延伸。
- 2.
Engineers reinforced the embankment to prevent flooding.
工程师加固了堤坝以防洪水。