英语词汇“silt”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Verb The entrance to the creek had silted shut.

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Noun

To clean greens, swish in cool water to remove dirt or silt, lift out, drain well and dry in clean towels or a salad spinner.

Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2022 In southern Assam’s Haflong town, the railway station was underwater and flooded rivers deposited mud and silt along the rail tracks.

Julhas Alam And Wasbir Hussain, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2022 The area recently accumulated excess silt from the Amistad Dam.

Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 21 Mar. 2022 The Army Corps of Engineers routinely dredges sand, silt and gravel from the river to clear the way for barges to pass through its shipping channels.

Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2022 Lianna Zaragoza’s oil of a section of riverbank at high tide is literally moored in the Potomac; it’s in shades of brown because the pigment was made with river silt collected and ground by the artist.

Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022 The regional parks agency is spending $7 million to recreate a popular one-time fishing and boating pond that filled with silt in the late 1950s and later became choked with invasive weeds and trees.

cleveland, 14 July 2022 The creek’s flows are at an all time-high and running heavy with silt, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 11 June 2022 In my experience, Texas's three primary soil types are clay, sand and loam (sand, silt and a little clay) soil mixtures.

Robby Brown, Forbes, 15 July 2022

Verb

Faison finishes shaking; pale flecks of shell and silt float around him.

Emily Cataneo, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2022 Climate change damages the streams where they are hatched, and not just by raising the water temperature: Droughts alter stream flow, forest fires destroy shoreline habitat, and mudslides silt up rivers.

Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022 Climate change damages the streams where they are hatched, and not just by raising the water temperature: Droughts alter stream flow, forest fires destroy shoreline habitat, and mudslides silt up rivers.

Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022 See More

单词	silt
释义	silt 1 of 2 noun ˈsilt 1 : loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter also : soil containing 80 percent or more of such silt and less than 12 percent of clay 2 : a deposit of sediment (as by a river) silty ˈsil-tē adjective silt 2 of 2 verb silted; silting; silts intransitive verb : to become choked or obstructed with silt —often used with up the channel silted up transitive verb : to choke, fill, cover, or obstruct with silt or mud siltation sil-ˈtā-shən noun Example Sentences Verb The entrance to the creek had silted shut. Recent Examples on the Web Noun To clean greens, swish in cool water to remove dirt or silt, lift out, drain well and dry in clean towels or a salad spinner. Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2022 In southern Assam’s Haflong town, the railway station was underwater and flooded rivers deposited mud and silt along the rail tracks. Julhas Alam And Wasbir Hussain, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2022 The area recently accumulated excess silt from the Amistad Dam. Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 21 Mar. 2022 The Army Corps of Engineers routinely dredges sand, silt and gravel from the river to clear the way for barges to pass through its shipping channels. Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2022 Lianna Zaragoza’s oil of a section of riverbank at high tide is literally moored in the Potomac; it’s in shades of brown because the pigment was made with river silt collected and ground by the artist. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022 The regional parks agency is spending $7 million to recreate a popular one-time fishing and boating pond that filled with silt in the late 1950s and later became choked with invasive weeds and trees. cleveland, 14 July 2022 The creek’s flows are at an all time-high and running heavy with silt, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 11 June 2022 In my experience, Texas's three primary soil types are clay, sand and loam (sand, silt and a little clay) soil mixtures. Robby Brown, Forbes, 15 July 2022 Verb Faison finishes shaking; pale flecks of shell and silt float around him. Emily Cataneo, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2022 Climate change damages the streams where they are hatched, and not just by raising the water temperature: Droughts alter stream flow, forest fires destroy shoreline habitat, and mudslides silt up rivers. Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022 Climate change damages the streams where they are hatched, and not just by raising the water temperature: Droughts alter stream flow, forest fires destroy shoreline habitat, and mudslides silt up rivers. Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022 Climate change damages the streams where they are hatched, and not just by raising the water temperature: Droughts alter stream flow, forest fires destroy shoreline habitat, and mudslides silt up rivers. Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022 Climate change damages the streams where they are hatched, and not just by raising the water temperature: Droughts alter stream flow, forest fires destroy shoreline habitat, and mudslides silt up rivers. Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022 Climate change damages the streams where they are hatched, and not just by raising the water temperature: Droughts alter stream flow, forest fires destroy shoreline habitat, and mudslides silt up rivers. Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022 Climate change damages the streams where they are hatched, and not just by raising the water temperature: Droughts alter stream flow, forest fires destroy shoreline habitat, and mudslides silt up rivers. Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022 Climate change damages the streams where they are hatched, and not just by raising the water temperature: Droughts alter stream flow, forest fires destroy shoreline habitat, and mudslides silt up rivers. Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Noun Middle English cylte, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect sylt beach flooded at high tide; akin to Old High German sulza salt marsh, Old English sealt salt First Known Use Noun 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb 1799, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense Kids Definition silt 1 of 2 noun ˈsilt 1 : particles of small size left as sediment from water 2 : a soil made up mostly of silt and containing little clay silt 2 of 2 verb silted; silting : to fill, cover, or block with silt silt 1 of 2 noun as in sediment soil made chiefly of loose sedimentary material that is carried by flowing water and that sinks to the bottom of a river, pond, etc. Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance sediment alluvium colluvium mud loess detritus marl clay sand gravel dirt mold kaolin dust topsoil loam shingle muck earth gumbo clod gley gault humus ground blackland guck subsoil gook duff substratum mull silt 2 of 2 verb as in to flood Synonyms & Similar Words flood fur swamp gridlock cork fill inundate dam glut bung clot overwhelm pack clog stopper stopple congest occlude spile block obstruct jam stuff choke gum (up) plug (up) stop (up) Antonyms & Near Antonyms clear open (up) excavate free hollow (out) unplug empty scoop (out) unclog unstop unblock lighten See More
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