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单词 levee
释义 levee
levee1
 /lev"ee/,  n.  ,  v.  , leveed, leveeing.
  n.  
  1. an embankment designed to prevent the flooding of a river.
  2.  Geol.   See natural levee.
  3.  Agric.   one of the small continuous ridges surrounding fields that are to be irrigated.
  4.  Hist.   a landing place for ships; quay.
  v.t.  
  5. to furnish with a levee: to levee a treacherous stream.
 [1710-20, Amer.; < F levée < ML levata embankment, n. use of fem. ptp. of L levare to raise, orig. lighten, akin to levis light, not heavy]
levee2
 /lev"ee, le vee"/,  n.  
  1. (in Great Britain) a public court assembly, held in the early afternoon, at which men only are received.
  2. a reception, usually in someone's honor: a presidential levee at the White House.
  3.  Hist.   a reception of visitors held on rising from bed, as formerly by a royal or other personage.
 [1665-75; < F levé, var. sp. of lever rising (n. use of inf.) < L levare to raise; see LEVEE1]
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