embankment

/ɪmˈbæŋkmənt/📚 15273 74 1雅思
An embankment is a thick wall of earth that is built to carry a road or railway track over an area of low ground, or to prevent water from a river from flooding the area.

noun [专属名词]路堤;堤防

They climbed a steep embankment.
他们爬上了一个陡峭的堤岸。

-ment (1)表名词,“行为或结果”;(2)表示具体物embankment n. 堤岸,路基(embank 筑堤护卫)
单词造句:
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a railway embankment 一条铁路路堤
The embankment is in great peril. 河堤岌岌可危。
Toad jumped, rolled down a short embankment, picked himself up unhurt, scrambled into the wood and hid. 托德纵身一跳,滚下一段短短的路基,毫发无损地爬了起来,爬进树林,藏了起来。