levee的意思|levee的解释-里氏词典

levee ['levi]

n. 早朝, 大堤

vt. 为...筑堤

levee

[ noun ]

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

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a pier that provides a landing place on a river

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an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing

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Levee \Lev"ee\, v. t.
To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a
river. [U. S.]

Levee \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.

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.

Note: In England a ceremonious day reception, when attended
by both ladies and gentlemen, is called a
{drawing-room}.

Levee \Lev"ee\, v. t.
To attend the levee or levees of.

He levees all the great. --Young.

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.]

The Red River had started to recede in parts of Arkansas, but 100 National Guardsmen, reinforced by two helicopters hauling sandbags, labored to prevent the collapse of a levee guarding the town of Garland.
Insurance adjusters began assessing claims, but officials said it may take federal and state money to cover the losses of businessmen and residents whose property lay below the levee on the swollen Pea River.
Liberty city employees and volunteers continued a two-week-old effort to shore up a mile-long levee protecting high-priced lakefront homes.
In Geneva, Ala., near the Florida border, flood waters continued to rise but officials said the earthen levee there appeared to he holding.
About 7,000 people were urged to leave low-lying areas in Texas, and workmen dynamited a breached levee to prevent further damage in Arkansas.
In Avoyelles Parish, National Guardsmen joined with about 50 Vick community members to finish a four-mile levee to protect recently planted corn, cotton and soybean fields.
Gov. Bill Clements authorized the National Guard to send 50 soldiers to shore up a weakening levee on the Red River near Texarkana.
Allen Morse of the Army Corps of Engineers, who is overseeing the levee rebuilding process, said the first priority is temporarily filling four breaks in the Elba levee because of the likelihood of more rain.
Allen Morse of the Army Corps of Engineers, who is overseeing the levee rebuilding process, said the first priority is temporarily filling four breaks in the Elba levee because of the likelihood of more rain.
Water earlier broke through the top of a 60-foot-long levee section.
The deluge and flooding killed 10 and left at least 3,700 people homeless in Alabama, and the town of Elba remained a muddy hole two days after an earthen levee ruptured along the Pea River.
Their land, handed down by their father, is divided by the Arkansas River levee.
The plane hit a levee and crashed in a drainage canal about 300 to 400 yards west of Louisiana Highway 1, about 40 miles south of New Orleans, Breaux said.
Rising water chewed away at the earthen Mirror Lake Dam in Louisiana's Winn Parish, but civil defense director Steve Robertson said Monday that officials believed the levee would hold.
There was no levee to protect low-lying areas in Selma, where caskets rose from the ground in a flooded cemetery and up to 500 people fled their homes Tuesday when the Alabama River rose more than 12 feet above flood stage.
Except with a Baron Ochs of irrepressible geniality - like the late Kurt Bohme - the Act 3 farce soon wears thin, and I know one producer who vowed to delete the entire levee scene from Act 1 if ever he had the chance (luckily, he never did).
Officials said the pump being used to remove flood water from inside the levee couldn't keep up with the latest rainfall.
About 45 miles downstream in Geneva, emergency workers shored up another levee and continued evacuating residents, who started leaving their homes Friday night.
Thompson said two channels were cut to divert lake water and ease pressure on the 150-yard stretch of dam and earthen levee. Bruce C. Murray of the Army Corps of Engineers said Sunday that he believed the dam would hold.
Damage in the town of Elba alone, where a levee broke Saturday, was estimated in the millions of dollars.
"A dynamic young leader for the future," was how Bush introduced his choice at a rally on a Mississippi River levee.
More than 150 National Guard military police officers patrolled the streets of Elba, Ala., where an earthen levee ruptured Saturday after 16 inches of rain pounded the town over two preceeding days.
Engineers with Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday that the levee had no structural flaws; it just wasn't high enough for the flood.
The worst flooding was in southern Alabama, where at least 1,000 people were evacuated when a levee broke, flooding downtown streets and inundating homes.
In western Tennessee, about a dozen people were expected to begin cleaning up today in the town of Obion, where nearly 400 people were evacuated after a levee on the Obion River burst.
"Another reason was to light the way to go to midnight Mass. That's why they were on the levee.
"The levee had two major leaks Friday and Saturday but they've been repaired and they are expected to hold," said Gary Talley of the state Office of Emergency Services. "The water is flowing under the levee and bubbling up on the other side.
"The levee had two major leaks Friday and Saturday but they've been repaired and they are expected to hold," said Gary Talley of the state Office of Emergency Services. "The water is flowing under the levee and bubbling up on the other side.

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