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单词 embank
释义

embank

[ em-bangk ]
/ ɛmˈbæŋk /

verb (used with object)

to enclose or protect with an embankment.

Origin of embank

First recorded in 1640–50; em-1 + bank1

OTHER WORDS FROM embank

un·em·banked, adjective

Words nearby embank

emasculate, emasculation, EMBA, embacle, embalm, embank, embankment, embar, embarcadero, embarcation, embargo
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Example sentences from the Web for embank

  • A few attempts had been made to deepen and embank the natural streams, but with slender success.

    The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay

  • If you were to embank Lincolnshire now,—more stoutly against the sea?

    Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy|John Ruskin

  • If you were to embank Lincolnshire more stoutly against the sea?

    The Crown of Wild Olive|John Ruskin

British Dictionary definitions for embank

embank
/ (ɪmˈbæŋk) /

verb

(tr) to protect, enclose, or confine (a waterway, road, etc) with an embankment
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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