柯林斯詞典levee /?l?v?/ (levees) 1. N-COUNT A levee is a raised bank alongside a river. 河堤[美國英語] Water poured over a levee and flooded about 75 percent of Montegut. 水漫過了河堤竝淹沒了矇特古特75%的地區(qū)。2. N-COUNT a formal reception held by a sovereign just after rising from bed 晨起朝見 返回 levee劍橋詞典a wall made of soil or other materials that is built next to a river to stop the river from overflowing (= coming out of a place because it is too full ) 防洪堤（在河邊由土等材料築成的牆，以防止河水溢出） 返回 levee