embankment
n. 路堤；堤防
复数 embankments
例句
They climbed a steep embankment.
他们爬上了一个陡峭的堤岸。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
The embankment is in great peril.
河堤岌岌可危。
《新英汉大辞典》
Toad jumped, rolled down a short embankment, picked himself up unhurt, scrambled into the wood and hid.
托德纵身一跳，滚下一段短短的路基，毫发无损地爬了起来，爬进树林，藏了起来。
