embankment 音标拼音: [ɛmb'æŋkmənt]
n . 堤防,筑堤
堤防,筑堤
embankment n 1 :
a long artificial mound of stone or earth ;
built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection Embankment \
Em *
bank "
ment \,
n .
1 .
The act of surrounding or defending with a bank .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A structure of earth ,
gravel ,
etc .,
raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country ,
to retain water in a reservoir ,
or to carry a roadway ,
etc .
[
1913 Webster ]
180 Moby Thesaurus words for "
embankment ":
L ,
abutment ,
anchorage ,
anchorage ground ,
anthill ,
arc -
boutant ,
arch dam ,
backstop ,
bamboo curtain ,
bank ,
bar ,
barrage ,
barrier ,
basin ,
beach ,
beam ,
bear -
trap dam ,
beaver dam ,
berm ,
berth ,
boom ,
branch ,
breakwater ,
breastwork ,
brick wall ,
buffer ,
bulkhead ,
bulwark ,
buttress ,
buttress pier ,
buttressing ,
cable railway ,
coast ,
coastland ,
coastline ,
cock ,
cofferdam ,
cog railway ,
dam ,
defense ,
dike ,
ditch ,
dock ,
dockage ,
dockyard ,
drift ,
dry dock ,
dune ,
earthwork ,
el ,
electric railway ,
elevated ,
elevated railway ,
feeder ,
feeder line ,
fence ,
flying buttress ,
foreshore ,
gate ,
gravity dam ,
gravity -
operated railway ,
groin ,
hanging buttress ,
harbor ,
harborage ,
haven ,
haycock ,
haymow ,
hayrick ,
haystack ,
heap ,
hill ,
horse railway ,
hydraulic -
fill dam ,
iron curtain ,
ironbound coast ,
jam ,
jetty ,
junction ,
jutty ,
landing ,
landing place ,
landing stage ,
leaping weir ,
levee ,
lido ,
light railroad ,
line ,
littoral ,
logjam ,
main line ,
marina ,
metro ,
milldam ,
moat ,
mole ,
molehill ,
monorail ,
moorings ,
mound ,
mow ,
parapet ,
pier ,
pier buttress ,
pile ,
plage ,
playa ,
port ,
portcullis ,
protected anchorage ,
pyramid ,
quay ,
rack railway ,
rack -
and -
pinion railway ,
rail ,
rail line ,
railroad ,
railway ,
rampart ,
retaining wall ,
rick ,
riverside ,
riviera ,
road ,
roadbed ,
roadblock ,
roads ,
roadstead ,
roadway ,
rock -
fill dam ,
rockbound coast ,
sands ,
sea margin ,
seabank ,
seabeach ,
seaboard ,
seacliff ,
seacoast ,
seaport ,
seashore ,
seaside ,
seawall ,
shingle ,
shipyard ,
shore ,
shoreline ,
shoulder ,
shutter dam ,
sidetrack ,
siding ,
slip ,
snowdrift ,
stack ,
stone wall ,
strand ,
street railway ,
streetcar line ,
submerged coast ,
subway ,
switchback ,
terminal ,
terminus ,
tidewater ,
track ,
tram ,
tramline ,
trestle ,
trolley line ,
trunk ,
trunk line ,
tube ,
turnout ,
underground ,
wall ,
waterfront ,
waterside ,
weir ,
wharf ,
wicket dam ,
work
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