sediments

英 [ˈsɛdɪmənts]

美 [ˈsɛdəmənts]

n.  沉淀物; 沉积物
sediment的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 沉渣;沉淀物
  Sedimentis solid material that settles at the bottom of a liquid, especially earth and pieces of rock that have been carried along and then left somewhere by water, ice, or wind.
  1. Many organisms that die in the sea are soon buried by sediment.
     海洋里死亡的许多生物会很快被沉淀物掩埋。
  2. ...ocean sediments.
     海洋沉淀物

双语例句

• Sediments choke some stretches of the Yellow, hindering its ability to flush out pollutants.
  沉积物淤塞了黄河的一些河道，妨碍了它冲刷污染物的能力。
• The relatively high bio-availability of mercury in the sediments indicated certain potential hazard to the mangrove ecosystem.
  沉积物中汞的生物有效性较高，对红树林生态系统存在一定的潜在危害。
• STUDY ON SEDIMENTS AND SEDIMENTATION IN OKINAWA TROUGH Accumulation Rates of Sediment and Sedimentary Environment in the South Bohai Sea
  冲绳海槽沉积物及其沉积作用的研究渤海南部现代沉积物堆积速率和沉积环境
• There is a variety of environmental information contained in the river sediments.
  河流沉积物中蕴含丰富的环境信息。
• Loose sediments may be changed into solid sedimentary rocks.
  松散的沉积物可以变成坚硬的沉积岩。
• In clastic sediments, particle size is an important factor.
  在碎屑沉积物中，颗粒大小是个重要因素。
• Waste mercury in liquid form enters river sediments and vegetation, poisoning local food chains.
  液体中的废水银构成进入河流的沉积物和植被，使当地食物链中毒。
• Sediments illite crystallinity measurements showed that the ancient humid climate had gradually changed from the evolution of drying.
  沉积物中伊利石结晶度的测量结果显示了古气候由湿润逐渐变为干燥的演化规律。
• They found that contamination was most likely in very young sediments, deposited before the last Ice Age.
  他们发现污染最容易出现在非常年轻的、在上一个冰期之前沉积的沉积层中。
• The nearly black structures are almost certainly dunes made of volcanic ash-rich sediments.
  近黑色的结构是几乎可以肯定的火山灰丰富的沉积物了沙丘。