They could hear the small locomotive panting hoarsely as it advanced with caution between the embankments. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
Great gangs of men were employed in excavating canals, in making railway cuttings and embankments, and the like. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Its construction involved the building across the bar and out into the Gulf of Mexico two long reaches of parallel embankments, called jetties. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
Many citizens secured places of safety for their families by carving out rooms in these embankments. 尤利西斯·格兰特.U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.