名詞 embankment:

1. a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection

1. A sewer or drain crossing under a road or embankment.
   涵洞橫在公路或堤岸下面的下水道或排水管
2. The van slipped (a few feet) down the embankment.
   那客貨車沿堤壩向下滑動了(幾英尺).
3. The lowest part, as of an embankment or a dam.
   坡腳最底下的部分，如堤防或壩的
4. An embankment raised to prevent a river from overflowing.
   堤岸，防洪堤防止河流泛濫而建造的堤岸

em.bank.ment

n.（名詞）
The act of embanking.
筑堤：筑堤的行為
A mound of earth or stone built to hold back water or to support a roadway.
堤：用以阻擋水或支持公路而建造的土堆或石堆