sediment
英['sedɪm(ə)nt]
美['sɛdɪmənt]
- n. 沉积；沉淀物
词态变化
复数: sediments;
中文词源
sediment 沉淀物，沉积物
来自拉丁语 sedere,坐下，词源同 sit,seat.-ment,名词后缀。引申比喻义沉积物，沉淀物。
英文词源
- sediment
- sediment: see session
- sediment (n.)
- 1540s, "matter which settles at the bottom of water or other liquid," from Middle French sédiment (16c.) and directly from Latin sedimentum "a settling, sinking down," from stem of sedere "to settle, sit" (see sedentary).
双语例句
- 1. The sediment settled and the water was clear.
- 杂质沉淀后,水变清了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The sediment of coffee will settle.
- 咖啡渣会沉淀下去.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 3. 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。
来自辞典例句
- 4. Deposition is the laying down of sediment that has been transported.
- 沉积是已搬运的物质再沉积下来.
来自辞典例句
- 5. They sediment toward the bottom of the centrifuge tube at a velocity.
- 它们以某一速度向管底方向沉降.
来自辞典例句