| 单词 | embank |
| 释义 | embank (once / 1807 pages) v WORD FAMILY embank: embanked, embanking, embankment+/embankment: embankments USAGE EXAMPLESThe scheme also involved the huge challenge of embanking the Thames, creating the Victoria, Albert and Chelsea embankments. The Guardian(Apr 04, 2016) To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank. Webster, Noah, Webster's Unabridged Dictionary—(2n...(2012) A roadway lined by trees, like a boulevard, runs between the houses and the river, which is embanked, like the Thames in London. Frith, Henry, In the Yellow Sea(2011) v enclose with banks, as for support or protection The river was embanked with a dyke Hyper confine, enclose, hold in close in; darkness enclosed him" |
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