levee 音标拼音: [l'ɛvi]
n . 早朝,大堤
vt . 为…筑堤
早朝,大堤为…筑堤
levee n 1 :
a formal reception of visitors or guests (
as at a royal court )
2 :
a pier that provides a landing place on a river 3 :
an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing 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 .
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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 .
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
In England a ceremonious day reception ,
when attended by both ladies and gentlemen ,
is called a {
drawing -
room }.
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Levee \
Lev "
ee \,
v .
t .
To attend the levee or levees of .
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He levees all the great . --
Young .
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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 .]
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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 .]
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1913 Webster ]
112 Moby Thesaurus words for "
levee ":
affair ,
arch dam ,
assemblee ,
assembly ,
assignation ,
at home ,
backstop ,
ball ,
bamboo curtain ,
bank ,
bar ,
barrage ,
barrier ,
bear -
trap dam ,
beaver dam ,
berth ,
boom ,
brawl ,
breakwater ,
breastwork ,
brick wall ,
buffer ,
bulkhead ,
bulwark ,
caucus ,
cofferdam ,
colloquium ,
commission ,
committee ,
conclave ,
concourse ,
congregation ,
congress ,
conventicle ,
convention ,
convocation ,
council ,
dam ,
dance ,
date ,
defense ,
diet ,
dike ,
ditch ,
dock ,
earthwork ,
eisteddfod ,
embankment ,
fence ,
festivity ,
fete ,
forgathering ,
forum ,
gate ,
gathering ,
get -
together ,
gravity dam ,
groin ,
housewarming ,
hydraulic -
fill dam ,
iron curtain ,
jam ,
jetty ,
leaping weir ,
logjam ,
matinee ,
meet ,
meeting ,
milldam ,
moat ,
mole ,
mound ,
panel ,
parapet ,
party ,
plenum ,
portcullis ,
prom ,
quay ,
quorum ,
rally ,
rampart ,
reception ,
rendezvous ,
reunion ,
roadblock ,
rock -
fill dam ,
salon ,
seance ,
seawall ,
session ,
shindig ,
shutter dam ,
sit -
in ,
sitting ,
slip ,
sociable ,
social ,
social affair ,
social gathering ,
soiree ,
stews ,
stone wall ,
symposium ,
synod ,
tenderloin ,
turnout ,
wake ,
wall ,
weir ,
wicket dam ,
work
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LEVEE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster National Levee Database - United States Army