释义 |
silt/silt/ n. & v.●n. sediment deposited by water in a channel, harbour, etc. (管道、港口等中的)淤泥 ●v. tr. & intr. (often foll. by 常后跟 up) choke or be choked with silt (使)淤塞;被淤塞 □ siltation /-ˈteiʃ(ə)n/ n.□ silty adj.[Middle English, perhaps related to Danish, Norwegian sylt, Old Low German sulta, Old High German sulza ‘salt marsh’: related to SALT] |