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单词 siltation
释义
siltation
noun[U]
environmentspecialized
uk
/sɪlˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/sɪlˈteɪ.ʃən/
theprocessofblockingsomething withsandorsoil; thesandorsoilthatblockssomething:
（泥沙）淤塞；泥沙，淤泥
Construction on thelandwouldcausesiltation,pollution, and otherdegradationof theriver.在这片土地上建造工程会导致河流淤积、污染和其他形式的退化。
Salts,chemicals, and siltation couldpollutethestream.盐类、化学物质和淤泥都可能污染河流。
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Closing and blocking
  • barricade
  • batten
  • batten down the hatchesidiom
  • be snowed upidiom
  • blocksomethingoff
  • bung
  • choke
  • closet
  • congest
  • cork
  • dam
  • damsomethingup
  • gum
  • sealsomethingin
  • sealsomethingoff
  • self-seal
  • self-sealing
  • shut
  • silt
  • the darkest hour is just before the dawnidiom
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(Definition ofsiltationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsiltation

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The estimated curves characterize crop losses due to droughts as well as excessive rains causingsiltation, excessive soil humidity, and floods.
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They could also include the non-market, off-site values associated with watershed protection, such as stream flow maintenance and prevention of river and inshoresiltation.
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Soil erosion not only affects soil depth but leads in addition to rapidsiltationof reservoirs.
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Before deciding that, we need to know more about the effect of riversiltationand on the ground-water table.
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Who is to agree the amount of extrasiltationcaused by the scheme?
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The present position is that further reports are being called for onsiltation.
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This foundsiltationof the river gravels and a corresponding smothering of fish spawning reeds.
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Pilots cannot predict the consequences of changes in a port, which alter the meandering of a river or itssiltation, or create new banks.
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It is true that we spend something over £250,000 annually, consequent on thesiltationof the river, in keeping it dredged.
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It appears to be thesiltationgroup, but how will the group be expected to meet the cost of obtaining expert opinion?
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There are unforeseeable implications with pollution andsiltation.
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One was a dam but this naturally raises great problems ofsiltationand pollution.
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The survey of thesiltationfactors, which are tremendously important, had not been made when this report was published.
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There is no way of determining the consequences of any intrusion into the river onsiltationand the forming of banks.
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If that happened, the ports would become fallow and would experience problems ofsiltation.
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