| 英语单词 | silt |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [sɪlt] 美 [sɪlt] |
| 中文释义 | n.淤泥 v.(使)淤塞 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The harbor is being up with silt. (2) A concrete wall is built to stop silt from leaking to the conservation land. (3) The sand have silt up the mouth of the river. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 那海港被淤泥阻塞了。 (2) 一道水泥墙修筑起来,用以防止泥沙流进保留地。 (3) 泥沙已把河口堵住了。 |
| vocabulary简明 | 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. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Silt is the super-fine dirt that you might see at the bottom of a lake or river. When your feet touch silt it feels slimy, and once it’s stirred it up the water looks muddy. Where the Mississippi River enters the Gulf of Mexico, a lot of silt has been deposited and over time has built up a portion of land called the Mississippi Delta. The region surrounding this accumulation of silt is home to music called the Delta Blues. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]淤泥;泥沙 Silt is fine sand, soil, or mud which is carried along by a river.
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