Silt is fine sand, soil, or mud which is carried along by a river.
例句
The lake was almost solid with silt and vegetation.湖里幾乎快被淤泥和植物填滿了。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
淤泥,淤滓
silt at the bottom of an estuary河口水底的淤泥The water contains fine silt.水里含有細(xì)泥沙。During the annual floods the river deposits its silt on the fields.每年河水泛濫時(shí)都會(huì)在田野上沉積一層淤泥。
vt. & vi.
(使)淤塞
The old harbour has silted up.老港口已經(jīng)淤塞。Mud is silting up the stream.泥沙把小河淤塞了。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake