"levee" in Chinese (Simplified)
堤坝
Definition
堤坝是沿河修建的长坝或堤防，用来防止河水泛滥和土地被淹没。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
常用于与江河防洪相关的语境，与“dam（水坝）”不同，levee通常沿河而建，只防止溢出，不完全阻挡水流。美国密西西比河流域很常见。
Examples
The workers built a levee along the river to stop flooding.
工人们在河边修建了一个**堤坝**来防止洪水。
The city repaired the broken levee after the storm.
暴风雨后，城市修复了损坏的**堤坝**。
A tall levee protected the village from the river.
高大的**堤坝**保护了村庄免受河水侵袭。
If the levee breaks, the water could flood the entire town.
如果**堤坝**决口，水会淹没整个小镇。
People living near the levee worry every time there's heavy rain.
住在**堤坝**附近的人，每遇到大雨就会担心。
They gathered sandbags quickly to reinforce the levee.
他们迅速堆积沙袋来加固**堤坝**。