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.湖里几乎快被淤泥和植物填满了。
英汉词典释义
n.
淤泥,淤滓
silt at the bottom of an estuary河口水底的淤泥The water contains fine silt.水里含有细泥沙。During the annual floods the river deposits its silt on the fields.每年河水泛滥时都会在田野上沉积一层淤泥。
vt. & vi.
(使)淤塞
The old harbour has silted up.老港口已经淤塞。Mud is silting up the stream.泥沙把小河淤塞了。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake