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sediment

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈsed.ɪ.mənt]
  • 美式音标 [ˈsed.ə.mənt]
  • 国际音标 ['sedimənt]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n. 沉积；沉淀物

词根记忆

  • sedi(坐) + ment→坐下去的东西→沉淀物

同根派生

  • adj性质的同根词
    sedimentary：沉淀的。
  • n性质的同根词
    sedimentation：[矿业][物化]沉降，[化学]沉淀。

英汉例句

    用作名词 (n.)

  • The sediment of the water settled and it was clear.
    水中的杂质沉淀后，水变清澈了。

词组短语

    短语

  • sediment transport 沉积物运移；泥沙流移；土砂流送
  • Terrigenous sediment 陆源;陆源沉积物;陆源沉积;陆性堆积物
  • urinary sediment 尿沉渣;尿沉淀;尿液沉渣;尿有形成分
  • sediment tube 沉淀管;取粉管
  • detrital sediment [地质]碎屑沉积

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • a soft substance that is like a wet powder and consists of very small pieces of a solid material that have fallen to the bottom of a liquid

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • Sediment is 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.