| 单词 | silt |
| 释义 | silt (sɪlt ) Word forms: silts, silting, silted uncountable noun Silt is fine sand, soil, or mud which is carried along by a river. The lake was almost solid with silt and vegetation. Synonyms: sediment, deposit, residue, ooze Phrasal verbs: silt up ergative phrasal verb If a river or lake silts up or something silts it up, it becomes blocked with silt. Without huge investment the reservoirs will silt up. [VERB PARTICLE] The soil washed from the hills is silting up the hydroelectric dams. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Collocations: layer of silt Police said that many bodies remained buried under a layer of silt left by the floodwaters. Times, Sunday Times Under a layer of silt, one finds argillaceous chalk and flints. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Because of the surface layer of silt loam and slow permeability in the clayey subsoil, the soils are ideal for rice production. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And from space, the right camera delves beneath the layers of silt to give a clear image. Times, Sunday Times The river flows atop layers of silt that built up within an ancient river valley around 10,000-15,000 years ago. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 泥沙 Japanese: 沈泥 |
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