levee

堤防、防洪堤、河堤

The rising river finally broke through the levee last night.

暴漲的河水昨晚終於沖破了堤防。

堤岸、土堤地理

Silt gradually built up a natural levee along the riverbank.

淤泥沿著河岸逐漸堆積成天然的堤岸。

築堤、建堤防少用

Engineers leveed the lower river to protect nearby farmland.

工程師在河川下游築堤以保護附近農田。