Levee

['levɪ;lɪ'viː] or ['lɛvi]

解释:

(noun.) an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing.

(noun.) a pier that provides a landing place on a river.

(noun.) a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court).

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解释:

(n.) The act of rising.

(n.) A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a soiree, or evening assembly; a matinee; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee.

(v. t.) To attend the levee or levees of.

(n.) An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.

(v. t.) To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.

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同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Time of rising.[2]. Ceremonious party (properly in the morning), reception, entertainment, SOIRÉE.[3]. Embankment (along a river to prevent inundation).

录入:赖安

解释:

n. an artificial bank as that of the Lower Mississippi: a quay.

n. a morning assembly of visitors: an assembly received by a sovereign or other great personage.—v.t. to attend the levee of.

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