levee

When a sand boil erupts, the best bet is to surround it with sandbags or to build up a mini ring levee around it.

当沙涌爆发时，最好的办法就是用沙袋围起来或者在周围建一个小型环堤。

But allow me to pause for a moment and throw another sandbag on the levee of those trying to resist this tide.

但请容许我暂停片刻，在试图抵挡这股潮流的堤坝上再添一个沙袋。

Right now we have to watch about the levee getting saturated and water trying to seep underneath of it.

现在我们必须监视逐渐饱和的堤坝及试图在下面渗透的河水。

Last week there was a meadow between us and he took his bulldozer to the river levee and now there is creek between us.

在我们之间原来是一片草地，上星期他用推土机推倒了河堤，现在这儿就变成一条小溪了。

The coal miners have been missing since Friday, when the rain-swollen Wen River burst through a levee and flooded at least two mine shafts .

这些矿工上星期五失踪，大雨导致水位上涨的柴汶河冲破了河堤，灌进至少两座矿井。

The wall was built after the Des Moines River punched a 100-foot wide hole in a levee allowing water to pour into a portion of downtown.

这道防护堤是在得梅因河的大坝破裂了一个100英尺宽的洞后建造的，这个洞已经导致大水倾泻入部分城区。

At the beginning of the book, a farmer sees water flooding over a levee in Forestport.

在这本书的开始，一位农民看到洪水漫过佛斯特鲍特镇的大堤。

That little levee will create a pool, and once it fills up, the weight of the water in the pool will help staunch the flow of the sand boil.

小堤坝会形成一个池塘，一旦装满，里面水的重量会停止沙涌的喷发。

A levee near Gulfport, Illinois was not able to hold back the rising water of the Mississippi river.

伊利诺斯州海湾港附近一处防洪大堤未能阻挡密西西比河上涨的洪水。

The general principle of arranging the regulation structures is provided, along with the length and height of the guiding levee.

提出了整治工程建筑物平面布置的一般原则和确定导堤长度和堤顶高程的依据。

A sandbagged levee is still keeping the Cedar River out of downtown Cedar Falls, Iowa.

一堵沙袋构成的防护墙使爱荷华州雪松瀑布市市区免受雪松河水的侵蚀。

Katrina's torrential rains and a massive storm surge proved too much for the decades-old levee system in New Orleans.

卡特里娜的暴雨和大范围风暴证明新奥尔良拥有几十年历史的堤坝系统已经难以承受。

In normal circumstances merely placing a layer of protective material on top of a levee in this way would not do much good.

一般来说如果只是这样在堤坝顶部铺一层类似的保护材料在漫坝时不会起到什么作用。

Nevada officials say rodents may be responsible for a canal levee break that caused flooding in hundreds of homes on Saturday.

内华达州的官员表示，在星期六，造成了数百个家庭被淹没的水灾是由于某些野兽啃烂了大堤的管道。

If the water flowing out of the ground is clear, that usually means the levee itself is not disintegrating, Grigg says.

如果流出地面的是清水，那一般意味着堤坝还没开始解体，Grigg说。

Levee improvements are going on at the moment, but until they are finished New Orleans is vulnerable.

堤坝正在维修加固中，在没有完工之前新奥尔良都是处于危险当中。

levee is still keeping the Cedar River out of downtown Cedar Falls, Iowa.

位于爱荷华的雪松瀑布市因为有沙堤的保护而免受雪松河水入侵。

The stark earthen line separating Hamburg from the dark-colored flood water is probably a levee.

一条鲜明的土地分界线将汉堡和深色洪水隔离开来，这条线可能是一座堤坝。

Workers are rushing to complete a makeshift levee by packing dirt on top of an old railroad bed.

工人们争先恐后地完成包装上的老铁路路基上污垢一个临时防洪堤。

Coastal stretches of south-east Louisiana, particularly areas outside levee protection, are the main concern.

路易斯安娜州东南沿岸地区，特别是防洪堤外地区，是重点防护对象。