silt 英 [sɪlt]   美 [sɪlt]

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 

The river deposited silt at its mouth. 河口沉积了淤泥。
The channel is almost choked with silt. 水渠里淤了很多泥沙。

  • 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
  • 1. The river deposited silt at its mouth.

    河口沉积了淤泥。

  • 2. The channel is almost choked with silt.

    水渠里淤了很多泥沙。

  • 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.
silt / sɪlt ; NAmE sɪlt / noun , verb silt silts silted silting noun [uncountable ] sand, mud, etc. that is carried by flowing water and is left at the mouth of a river or in a harbour (沉积在河口或港口的)泥沙,淤泥,粉沙 silty silty siltier siltiest / ; NAmE / adjective silty soils 粉砂土 verb PHRASAL VERB ˌsilt sth↔ˈup | ˌsilt ˈup to block sth with silt;to become blocked with silt (使)淤塞 Sand has silted up the river delta. 泥沙把这条河的三角洲淤塞了。 The harbour has now silted up. 港口现已淤塞。 silt / sɪlt ; NAmE sɪlt / silty / ; NAmE /
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