silt

🇬🇧 UK/silt/🇺🇸 US
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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 English
siltother
=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.

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