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单词 sediment
释义
sediment
noun
uk
/ˈsed.ɪ.mənt/us
/ˈsed.ə.mənt/
[CorU]
asoftsubstancethat is like awetpowderand consists of verysmallpiecesof asolidmaterialthat havefallento thebottomof aliquid:
沉淀物，沉渣
There was abrownsediment in thebottomof thebottle.瓶子底部有褐色的沉淀物。
sediments[plural]
sand,stones, etc. thatslowlyformalayerofrock:
沉积物（最终形成一层岩石的砂子、石头等）
It ishopedthat theoilslickwillsinkto theseabedwhere it would becoveredwithin a fewyearsby sediments andeventuallydecompose.人们希望浮油会沉到海底，并且在数年内被沉积物覆盖，最终分解。
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Things remaining
  • (and) all the restidiom
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  • bastion
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  • cutpiece
  • deposit
  • dregs
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  • redoubt
  • relic
  • remainder
  • remains
  • remnant
  • residual
  • survival
  • throwback
  • time capsule
  • unallocated
  • uneaten
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sedimentation
(Definition ofsedimentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

sediment| American Dictionary

sediment
noun[C/U]
us
/ˈsed·ə·mənt/
solidmaterial, such asdirtorminerals, thatfallsto thebottomof aliquid
(Definition ofsedimentfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsediment

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In undeformed sediments, the magnetic susceptibility is characterized by an oblate ellipsoid, with the foliation coinciding with the bedding plane.
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Differentiated flexural tectonic subsidence has been successively compensated by accumulation of the sediments within the basin.
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Her legacy in performance cannot be fixed or sedimented, because her practice has evolved through the lives of her students, and their students.
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In all three basins, this mudstone-dominated interval passes into sandstonedominated sediments of a braided fluvial system.
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The presence of crinoid fragments indicates an unequivocal marine origin for these sediments, and this is strongly supported by the presence of bioturbation and glauconite.
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The association of sediments and fossils became unstable unless it was recorded and authenticated.
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The floors of the resurge gullies become covered with resurge breccia and turbiditic sediments.
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In field work it is extremely difficult to link the effect of pollutants in sediments or water directly to fish.
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Samples were incubated for 2 h and faecal sediments were harvested by sequential centrifugation in 15 ml test tubes.
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The sediments, their contained fauna, as well as the intense bioturbation, indicate a well-oxygenated sea floor, below, but probably close to, storm wave-base.
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There is a significant reduction in hydrocarbon concentrations in sediments as the distance from the assumed hydrocarbon sources (contaminated sites located uphill) increases.
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In addition, the channel-levee system affords potential confining and sorting mechanisms for the different grain-sizes of clastic sediments and organics.
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Notwithstanding this, the unoxidized nature of these sediments indicates more-orless permanent water saturation.
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There is no evidence that hydrothermal processes played any direct role in the deposition of either the carbonaceous matter or the enclosing sediments.
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The fact of recovery of algae from permanently frozen sediments may suggest their resistance to both primary and longterm freezing.
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