silt

n. 淤泥，泥沙；煤粉；残渣

vi. 淤塞，充塞；为淤泥堵塞

vt. 使淤塞；充塞

中文词源

silt 淤泥，淤沙，淤积，淤塞

来自古英语 sealt,盐，词源同 salt.原指海水沉积物，后引申词义淤泥，淤沙，淤积，淤塞等。

silt: silt: [15] The likelihood is that silt originally referred to the mud in salt flats by river estuaries, and that it is etymologically related to salt. It was probably borrowed from a Scandinavian word – Danish and Norwegian have the apparently related sylt ‘salt marsh’.
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silt (n.): mid-15c., originally "sediment deposited by seawater," probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Norwegian and Danish sylt "salt marsh"), or from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch silte, sulte "salt marsh, brine," from Proto-Germanic *sultjo- (cognates: Old English sealt, Old High German sulza "saltwater," German Sulze "brine"), from PIE *sal- (see salt (n.)).
silt (v.): "to become choked with silt" (of river channels, harbors, etc.), 1799, from silt (n.). Related: Silted; silting.

1. Without huge investment the reservoirs will silt up.: 如果没有巨额投资的话，水库肯定会淤塞。

2. During the annual floods the river deposits its silt on the fields.: 每年河水泛滥时都会在田野上沉积一层淤泥.