embankment
IPA/ɪmˈbæŋkmənt/
KK[ɛmbˈæŋkmənt]IPA/ɪmˈbæŋkmənt/
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
Children watched ducks from the grassy embankment by the canal.
Sandbags protected the old embankment when the river began to rise.
同義詞
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.