le·vee /ˈlɛvi; ləˈvi, ˈve/
 早朝,大堤(vt.)為…築堤
 Lev·ee n.
 1. The act of rising. “ The sun's levee.”
 2. A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a soirée, or evening assembly; a matinée; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee.
 Note: ☞ In England a ceremonious day reception, when attended by both ladies and gentlemen, is called a drawing-room.
 Lev·ee, v. t. To attend the levee or levees of.
    He levees all the great.   --Young.
 Lev·ee, n.  An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. [U. S.]
 Lev·ee, v. t. To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river. [U. S.]
 ◄ ►
 levee
      n : a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to
          keep out the sea [syn: dam, dike, dyke]