Levees Meaning in English

word · lemma: levee

US

ˈɫɛviz

LEV-eez

UK

lˈɛviːz

luh-VEEZ

التعريف

Levees are long walls or embankments built along rivers or coastlines to prevent flooding by holding back water.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

'Levees' is mainly used in the context of river or flood management. Common collocations: 'break the levees', 'levee system', 'strengthen levees'. Not to be confused with 'dyke', which is used more in the UK and may refer to other structures.

• Spanish: dique - muro de contención
• Portuguese (BR): dique - barreira (contra enchentes)
• Portuguese (PT): diques - barreiras (contra inundações)
• Chinese (Simplified): 堤坝 - 防洪堤
• Chinese (Traditional): 堤防 - 防洪堤
• Hindi: बंध - तटबंध
• Arabic: سدود - حواجز (لمنع الفيضانات)
• Bengali: বাঁধ - জলরোধী প্রাচীর
• Russian: дамбы
• Japanese: 堤防
• Vietnamese: đê
• Korean: 제방
• Turkish: set - bent
• Urdu: باندھ - حفاظتی دیوار
• Indonesian: tanggul

جمل نموذجية

The river levees protect the city from floods.

basic

Workers are repairing the old levees before the rainy season.

basic

Many towns depend on levees to stay dry.

basic

After the storm, the levees held, so the fields weren't flooded.

natural

When the levees broke, people had to evacuate fast.

natural

The government announced plans to strengthen the levees along the coast.

natural