embankment

/ɪmˈbæŋkmənt/ (bre, ipa) · /ɪmˈbæŋkmənt/ (ame, ipa) · /im-ˈbaŋk-mənt/ (ame, mw)

embankment — noun

  • embankmentsingular
  • embankmentsplural

1. a built-up ridge of soil or stone that keeps water in place or lifts a road or r

1.名詞C1
釋義

a built-up ridge of soil or stone that keeps water in place or lifts a road or rail line over low ground.

例句

After the flood, workers raised the embankment beside the rice fields.

raise the embankment beside + [place]

The train ran along a high embankment above the wet ground.

railway use: along a high embankment

同義詞
  • levee

    used especially for a bank built to control river flooding

  • bank

    broader word that can also describe a natural slope

  • berm

    usually a smaller raised edge in engineering or landscaping

反義詞
  • ditch

    a hollow cut into the ground instead of a raised bank

文法句型

embankment along/by + river, canal, or track

on top of + the embankment

raise/repair/strengthen + an embankment

用法筆記

Usually refers to a man-made raised side beside a river, road, or railway, not to a natural hill or riverbank.

常見錯誤

❌The road was built in an embankment.
✅The road was built on an embankment.
💡the road normally runs on top of the raised earth, not inside it.