silt
/sɪlt/ (bre, ipa) · /sɪlt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈsilt/ (ame, mw)
silt — 名詞
1. fine sand, soil, or mud that is carried by flowing water and left behind, especi
淤泥；泥沙
水流攜帶並沉積的細沙或泥土
fine sand, soil, or mud that is carried by flowing water and left behind, especially at river bends, river mouths, or in harbours, where it can build up over time and change the shape of the land.
Each spring, floodwater leaves a fresh layer of silt across the rice fields.
每年春天，洪水都會在稻田上留下一層新的淤泥。
collocation: layer of silt
Engineers remove silt from the harbour every few years so ships can enter safely.
工程人員每隔幾年就要清除港口的淤泥，船隻才能安全進出。
silt + verb (remove silt)
Over thousands of years, silt from the river created the plain where the city stands.
數千年來，河流帶來的泥沙沖積成一片寬闊的平原，城市就建在上面。
A thick layer of silt covered the canal floor after the water was drained.
運河的水抽乾後，河床上覆蓋了一層厚厚的淤泥。
Kwame used a metal tube to take a silt sample from the lake bottom.
Kwame 用一根金屬管從湖底取出了淤泥樣本。
文法句型
silt + verb (accumulates, deposits, settles)
用法筆記
Also used as an uncountable noun — you cannot say 'a silt' or 'silts'. If you need a countable unit, use 'a grain of silt' or 'a layer of silt'.
常見錯誤
silt — 動詞
- siltpresent simple I / you / we / they
- silts3rd person singular
- silting-ing form
- siltedpast simple
1. to become slowly filled or blocked with silt, so that water can no longer flow f
淤塞
河流或水道被泥沙慢慢堵住
to become slowly filled or blocked with silt, so that water can no longer flow freely through a river, channel, or harbour.
The old harbour has silted up over twenty years, so only rowboats can enter.
這個老港口在二十年間逐漸淤塞，現在只有小船才能駛入。
phrasal pattern: silt up
Sofia warned the council that the canal would silt up without regular dredging.
Sofia 警告議會，如果不定期疏浚，這條運河就會淤塞。
After the dam was built, the river silted up because the current was too slow.
水壩建成後，下游的河流因為水流太慢而開始淤塞。
If the drainage ditches silt up, the farm fields will flood after heavy rain.
如果排水溝淤塞了，大雨過後農田就會淹水。
文法句型
silt (up) + adverb of place
river + silts (up)
用法筆記
This verb is most commonly used in the phrasal form 'silt up'. The simple form 'silt' without a particle is also possible but less frequent. Frequently used with 'over time' or 'gradually' because silting is a slow process.
常見錯誤
2. to gradually fill or block something, such as a waterway or pipe, with silt, mak
淤堵
使泥沙堆積而堵住水道
to gradually fill or block something, such as a waterway or pipe, with silt, making it difficult or impossible for water to pass through.
Mud from the landslide silted the main drainage channel, flooding the village fields.
土石流夾帶的泥沙淤堵了主要排水渠道，導致村裡的田地淹水。
active transitive: landslide silted the channel
The irrigation pipes were silted by fine river soil, so no water reached the crops.
灌溉水管被河裡的細沙淤堵了，導致作物無法得到水分。
passive: be silted by [cause]
Construction near the creek silted the stream bed and killed many fish.
溪流附近的工程施工淤堵了河床，導致許多魚類死亡。
If storm water is not channelled away, it will silt the city's underground drainage tunnels.
如果雨水沒有及時排走，就會淤堵市區的地下排水隧道。
- dredge
to remove mud or silt from the bottom of a river or harbour
文法句型
silt + noun phrase
be silted by + noun
用法筆記
This transitive sense is used when an outside force (flood water, construction, a landslide) actively deposits silt in a place. The direct object is the waterway, pipe, or basin that becomes blocked. The passive form ('was silted by…') is common in environmental reports.