silt
UK/silt/US
TOEFLGREC1
Definitions
n.
Fine mud, clay, or earth deposited by flowing or standing water
淤泥，泥沙
v.
To block or become blocked with silt
使淤塞；淤积
Root Breakdown
Native Englishsiltother
=silt
Common Collocations
- 1.silt up淤塞，淤积
- 2.river silt河流泥沙
- 3.silt deposit淤泥沉积
- 4.fine silt细泥沙
Example Sentences
- 1.
The river deposited layers of silt along its banks after the flood.
- 2.
The harbor became unusable because silt had built up on the seabed.
- 3.
Farmers valued the fertile silt left behind by the annual flooding of the Nile.