| 释义 |
silty, a.|ˈsɪltɪ|
[f. silt n. + -y.]
Of the nature of, or resembling, silt; composed of, or containing, silt.
1658Franck North. Mem. (1694) 84 Should I silently pass by and imprint no Remarks on their Silty Sands, and Silver Streams. 1838Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. I. 290/2 The ground towards the Middlesex side being of a looser and more sandy and silty nature. 1847Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. VIII. i. 115 The land..consists of a good thick loam upon a porous silty subsoil. 1883E. P. Ramsey Food Fishes N.S. Wales 42 Depth of water from 6 to 9 feet, with oyster⁓shells and silty bottom. |