释义 |
stopbank Austral. and N.Z.|ˈstɒpbæŋk| Also stop-bank. [f. stop n.2 + bank n.1] A levee, an embankment.
1950G. Wilson Brave Company xiii. 196 The clean lines of the river and the stopbank. 1958S. Ashton-Warner Spinster 54 All them kids on the stopbank. 1965S. T. Ollivier Petticoat Farm xv. 198 Stop-banks were raised against rivers. 1977N.Z. Herald 5 Jan. 1–6/4 The Auckland Harbour Board controls to the tidal boundary at Bonds Rd, Matatoki, a vast acreage that has built up outside the stopbanks. |