Levee

(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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• Some miles from New Carthage the levee to Bayou Vidal was broken in several places, overflowing the roads for the distance of two miles. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The boat now began, with heavy groans, like some vast, tired monster, to prepare to push up among the multiplied steamers at the levee. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• It was found that the top of the levee afforded a good road to march upon. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Why, Lord Steyne cut me at the levee last year; they are beginning to find out that Pitt Crawley is some one at last. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The land was so low and wet that it would not have been practicable to march an army across but for a levee. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I recollect that I had transferred my headquarters from a boat in the river to a house a short distance back from the levee. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• About a million and a half dollars' worth of store and property on the levee and in storehouses was consumed by fire. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Well, my Mas'r was Mr. Ellis,--lived on Levee-street. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• On the 2d of February this dam, or levee, was cut. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• On a fine Sunday in term time, it is quite a Levee--quite a Levee. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• We had to occupy the levees and the ground immediately behind. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

校对:迈克尔