sediment

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water. countable,uncountable
    — The Nile delta is composed of sediment that was washed down and deposited at the mouth of the river.
动词 v.
  1. To deposit material as a sediment. transitive
  2. To be deposited as a sediment. intransitive

词形变化

sediments plural sediments present,singular,third-person sedimenting participle,present sedimented participle,past sedimented past

词汇关系

衍生词
resediment

词源

词源 1
From Middle French sédiment, from Latin sedimentum < sedeō.
词源 2
From Middle French sédiment, from Latin sedimentum < sedeō.
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