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levee 音标拼音: [l'ɛvi] n. 早朝,大堤
vt. 为…筑堤 早朝,大堤为…筑堤 levee n 1: a formal reception of visitors or guests ( as at a royal court) 2: a pier that provides a landing place on a river 3: an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowingLevee \ Lev" ee\ ( l[ e^] v"[- e]; often l[ e^] v*[= e]" in U. S.), n. [ F. lever, fr. lever to raise, se lever to rise. See { Lever}, n.] 1. The act of rising. " The sun' s levee." -- Gray. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a { soir[' e] e}, or evening assembly; a { matin[' e] e}; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president' s levee. [ 1913 Webster] Note: In England a ceremonious day reception, when attended by both ladies and gentlemen, is called a { drawing- room}. [ 1913 Webster]
Levee \ Lev" ee\, v. t. To attend the levee or levees of. [ 1913 Webster] He levees all the great. -- Young. [ 1913 Webster]
Levee \ Lev" ee\, n. [ F. lev[' e] e, fr. lever to raise. See { Lever}, and cf. { Levy}.] An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. [ U. S.] [ 1913 Webster]
Levee \ Lev" ee\, v. t. To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river. [ U. S.] [ 1913 Webster] 112 Moby Thesaurus words for " levee": affair, arch dam, assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, backstop, ball, bamboo curtain, bank, bar, barrage, barrier, bear- trap dam, beaver dam, berth, boom, brawl, breakwater, breastwork, brick wall, buffer, bulkhead, bulwark, caucus, cofferdam, colloquium, commission, committee, conclave, concourse, congregation, congress, conventicle, convention, convocation, council, dam, dance, date, defense, diet, dike, ditch, dock, earthwork, eisteddfod, embankment, fence, festivity, fete, forgathering, forum, gate, gathering, get- together, gravity dam, groin, housewarming, hydraulic- fill dam, iron curtain, jam, jetty, leaping weir, logjam, matinee, meet, meeting, milldam, moat, mole, mound, panel, parapet, party, plenum, portcullis, prom, quay, quorum, rally, rampart, reception, rendezvous, reunion, roadblock, rock- fill dam, salon, seance, seawall, session, shindig, shutter dam, sit- in, sitting, slip, sociable, social, social affair, social gathering, soiree, stews, stone wall, symposium, synod, tenderloin, turnout, wake, wall, weir, wicket dam, work
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