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levee    音标拼音: [l'ɛvi]
n. 早朝,大堤
vt. 为…筑堤

早朝,大堤为…筑堤

levee
n 1: a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal
court)
2: a pier that provides a landing place on a river
3: an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from
overflowing

Levee \Lev"ee\ (l[e^]v"[-e]; often l[e^]v*[=e]" in U. S.), n.
[F. lever, fr. lever to raise, se lever to rise. See {Lever},
n.]
1. The act of rising. " The sun's levee." --Gray.
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2. A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in
distinction from a {soir['e]e}, or evening assembly; a
{matin['e]e}; hence, also, any general or somewhat
miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime
or evening; as, the president's levee.
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Note: In England a ceremonious day reception, when attended
by both ladies and gentlemen, is called a
{drawing-room}.
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Levee \Lev"ee\, v. t.
To attend the levee or levees of.
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He levees all the great. --Young.
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Levee \Lev"ee\, n. [F. lev['e]e, fr. lever to raise. See
{Lever}, and cf. {Levy}.]
An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the
Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. [U. S.]
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Levee \Lev"ee\, v. t.
To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a
river. [U. S.]
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112 Moby Thesaurus words for "levee":
affair, arch dam, assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home,
backstop, ball, bamboo curtain, bank, bar, barrage, barrier,
bear-trap dam, beaver dam, berth, boom, brawl, breakwater,
breastwork, brick wall, buffer, bulkhead, bulwark, caucus,
cofferdam, colloquium, commission, committee, conclave, concourse,
congregation, congress, conventicle, convention, convocation,
council, dam, dance, date, defense, diet, dike, ditch, dock,
earthwork, eisteddfod, embankment, fence, festivity, fete,
forgathering, forum, gate, gathering, get-together, gravity dam,
groin, housewarming, hydraulic-fill dam, iron curtain, jam, jetty,
leaping weir, logjam, matinee, meet, meeting, milldam, moat, mole,
mound, panel, parapet, party, plenum, portcullis, prom, quay,
quorum, rally, rampart, reception, rendezvous, reunion, roadblock,
rock-fill dam, salon, seance, seawall, session, shindig,
shutter dam, sit-in, sitting, slip, sociable, social,
social affair, social gathering, soiree, stews, stone wall,
symposium, synod, tenderloin, turnout, wake, wall, weir,
wicket dam, work


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  • Levee - Wikipedia
    A levee made from stones laid in horizontal rows with a bed of thin turf between each of them is known as a spetchel Artificial levees require substantial engineering Their surface must be protected from erosion, so they are planted with vegetation such as Bermuda grass in order to bind the earth together
  • National Levee Database
    The National Levee Database captures all known levees in the United States It provides users with the ability to search for specific data about levees and serves as a national resource to support awareness and preparedness around flooding The database is intended to help decision makers understand levees - including their location and condition
  • What is a levee? - HowStuffWorks
    A levee is typically little more than a mound of less permeable soil, like clay, wider at the base and narrower at the top These mounds run in a long strip, sometimes for many miles, along a river, lake or ocean
  • LEVEE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of LEVEE is a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed How to use levee in a sentence
  • What Is a Natural Levee and How Does It Form? - ScienceInsights
    A natural levee is a ridge of sediment that builds up along the banks of a river, raised above the surrounding floodplain Unlike the engineered levees that humans construct from concrete or packed earth, natural levees form entirely through repeated flooding over decades or centuries They range from just a few centimeters tall along small streams to tens of meters high along massive rivers
  • Levees | What? Facts | A Level Geography Revision Notes
    A levee is a characteristic or fake divider that squares water from going where we do not need it to go Click for even more facts and information on Levees
  • LEVEE COMPONENTS – Levee Safety
    Levee geometry Levee geometry depends on the levee type; loads; earth-fill material; foundation; height; space limitations (availability of land) Basically, levees have a waterside and a landside slope and a crest The levee should be high enough to provide the required protection level plus an additional freeboard allowance A levee is generally designed for a particular estimated return
  • Levee | Civil Engineering Benefits | Britannica
    Levee, any low ridge or earthen embankment built along the edges of a stream or river channel to prevent flooding of the adjacent land Artificial levees are typically needed to control the flow of rivers meandering through broad, flat floodplains Levees are usually embankments of dirt built wide
  • Levee - National Geographic Society
    The levee system along the Mississippi River has some of the longest individual levees in the world One of these levees stretches south along the river from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States, for an entire 611 kilometers (380 miles)
  • What Is a Levee and How Does It Work? - Biology Insights
    A levee is an engineered structure designed to manage the flow of water and protect adjacent land from inundation These structures are elongated embankments, typically constructed from compacted earth, that run parallel to a waterway While natural levees form slowly from sediment deposited during flood events, modern levees are meticulously planned and built by engineers The concept of





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