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词汇 silt up
释义
Phr V
silt up
silts, silting, silted
silt up (sth) or silt (sth) up
if an area of water {e.g. river, dam, harbour} silts up or something silts it up, it becomes blocked with sand or earth
A new port had to be built when the river silted up.
phrasesilt up
silt up if a river or lake silts up, or something silts it up, it fills with sand, mud or soil etc and the water cannot flow properly: In the eighteenth century, the San Diego River nearly silted up.

silt up

1. To become contaminated or filled with silt (very fine sedimentary particles slightly larger than clay but smaller than sand). The stream behind our house silted up over the years, and now it is little more than a trickle.
2. To cause some body of water to become contaminated or filled with silt. A noun or pronoun can be used between "silt" and "up." Erosion caused by heavy rainfall has silted up the harbor, giving it a dirty, murky appearance.

silt up

[for a body of water] to become filled with silt. The river moved too fast to silt up. The lake silted up in a very few years.

silt up

v.
1. To become filled with silt: The old canal had silted up.
2. To fill, cover, or obstruct something with silt: River sediments gradually silted up the harbor. Parts of the creek were now too shallow for boats because the storm had silted it up.
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