silt
silt 英 [sɪlt] 美 [sɪlt]
n. 淤泥,泥沙;煤粉;残渣 vi. 淤塞,充塞;为淤泥堵塞 vt. 使淤塞;充塞
进行时:silting 过去式:silted 过去分词:silted 第三人称单数:silts 名词复数:silts
- Silt is the fine bits of clay and sand that become sediment settling at the bottom of a river or lake. If there's a lot of silt flowing in a river, it looks murky.
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- n. 淤泥,泥沙;煤粉;残渣
- vi. 淤塞,充塞;为淤泥堵塞
- vt. 使淤塞;充塞
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1. The river deposited silt at its mouth.
河口沉积了淤泥。
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2. The channel is almost choked with silt.
水渠里淤了很多泥沙。
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3. silt turbidite (landslide) layers on the deep sea floor far off the coast from underwater landslides, likely caused by strong seismic shaking.
离海底滑坡不远的深海底床的淤泥浊积(滑坡)层很有可能是由强烈的地震晃动造成的。
- silt (n.) mid-15c., originally "sediment deposited by seawater," probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Norwegian and Danish sylt "salt marsh"), or from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch silte, sulte "salt marsh, brine," from Proto-Germanic *sultjo- (source also of Old English sealt, Old High German sulza "saltwater," German Sulze "brine"), from PIE root *sal- "salt."
- silt (v.) "to become choked with silt" (of river channels, harbors, etc.), 1799, from silt (n.). Related: Silted; silting.
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