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Silt River Built Sand Fine Bottom Lot Lake

英语单词 silt
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
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[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.
  • The lake was almost solid with silt and vegetation.

    湖里几乎快被淤泥和植物填满了。

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