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an embankment along/by + [river]
表示“沿河/路边的堤岸”时，常用 along 或 by 引出位置。
The town built an embankment along the river.
该镇沿河修建了堤防。
堤防；堤岸；路堤
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堤防；堤岸；路堤
a long raised bank of earth or stone built to hold back water, support a road or railway, or provide protection
The town built an embankment along the river.
该镇沿河修建了堤防。
土石筑成的长堤,用于挡水、防护或支撑道路铁路。
a long mound of earth, stone, or similar material, usually built for purposes such as to hold back or store water, for protection from weather or enemies, or to support a road or railway.
用石头或泥土建造的长堤；用于挡水、支撑道路或作为保护
a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection
The river rose quickly, but the embankment protected the village from flooding.
河水迅速上涨，但堤防保护了村庄免受洪水侵袭。
We walked along the railway embankment to enjoy the view of the valley.
我们沿着铁路路堤散步，欣赏山谷的景色。
Heavy rain damaged part of the embankment, so the workers repaired it with stones.
大雨损坏了部分堤岸，工人们用石头将其修复。
表示“沿河/路边的堤岸”时，常用 along 或 by 引出位置。
The town built an embankment along the river.
该镇沿河修建了堤防。
embankment 作主语时，常与 hold back、protect 等动词搭配，说明其作用。
The embankment held back the flood water.
堤防挡住了洪水。
表示修建或加高堤防时，常用 build 或 raise。
Workers raised the embankment to prevent flooding.
工人们加高了堤防以防洪水。
Not this
The village is protected by embankment.
Use this
The village is protected by an embankment.
embankment 是可数名词，表示具体的一条堤坝时，单数前必须有冠词 a/an 或 the；中文可以说“靠堤防保护”，但英语不能省略冠词。
Not this
They embankment the river to prevent flooding.
Use this
They built an embankment along the river to prevent flooding.
embankment 是名词，不是动词；“筑堤”在中文里是动词性表达，但英语要说 build an embankment，不能把名词直接当动词用。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
河堤
The river embankment protects the village from flooding.
河堤保护村庄免受洪水侵袭。
铁路路堤
The train ran along a railway embankment above the fields.
火车沿着田野上方的铁路路堤行驶。
防洪堤
They strengthened the flood embankment before the rainy season.
他们在雨季前加固了防洪堤。
土堤
An earth embankment was built to hold back the reservoir.
修建了一座土堤来拦住水库。
修筑堤坝
The workers will build an embankment along the coast.
工人们将沿海岸修筑堤坝。
沿着堤岸
We walked along the embankment at sunset.
日落时我们沿着堤岸散步。
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embankment里藏着bank（岸），想象用土把岸“加高加固”，就成了人工堤岸。
语域：mixed 常见场景：防洪工程、道路建设、河流治理 该词多用于工程、交通或地理等较正式的书面语境，常指人工修筑的堤防或路堤；日常口语中较少单独使用，具体正式程度随语境变化。
There are no common exact rhymes. For the stressed vowel and /ŋk/ sound, compare bank /bæŋk/ and blanket /ˈblæŋkɪt/. Words spelled with -ment such as basement /ˈbeɪsmənt/, payment /ˈpeɪmənt/, statement /ˈsteɪtmənt/, and movement /ˈmuːvmənt/ share the suffix /mənt/ but have a different stressed vowel, so they are lookalikes that do not rhyme.
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