He tilted the pan gently . He squinted into the black silt , as if reading tea leaves .
他缓慢的让盘子倾斜过来,斜眼注视那些黑色的泥沙,就像巫师解读茶叶。
Dark sediments containing mud and silt from winter floods alternate with summertime sediment rich with white calcium carbonate precipitated from a seasonally shrinking lake .
黑色沉积物里包含了冬季洪水带来的泥沙并相间夏季来从季节性收缩湖中沉淀出来的富含碳酸钙的白色沉积物。
Radioactive cesium , which experts say can stick around for as long as 300 years , has a tendency to bind to earth and be carried by silt in water .
放射性铯(专家说其污染遗害长达300年之久)极易与土壤粘合,也可由水中的泥沙携带。
Now , thanks to silt and encroachment , the extraction of water by nearby towns and tree planting on the shore , it measures only 87 sq km and is shrinking .
The charred snags now stand on bare sand and silt , in many places burned clean of the usual thick moss carpet .
在许多地方,通常厚实的苔藓地衣都被烧得干干净净,只剩下烧焦的树干竖立在光秃秃的沙子和淤泥里。
About one third of the sundarbans is water and much of the land portion of the delta consists of silt islands or " chars " .
孙德尔本斯地区大约有三分之一是水域,三角洲部分土地是由许多带淤泥的岛屿或“焦炭”所组成。
The winds and rivers carried immense volumes of silt and dust that settled in the lowlands of alaska and siberia .
狂风与河流携带了沉淀在阿拉斯加和西伯利亚低地大量的淤泥和沙尘。
They follow little coal creek trail through alpine meadows overlooking a river bright with glacial silt .
沿着科尔克里克小径,通过高山草甸,他们俯瞰着由冰川淤泥所照亮的河流。
It also said it plans to deploy ' silt fence ' barriers around the pipe to further guard against contamination .
该公司还说计划在通道附近安装“淤泥栅栏”以进一步防止污染。
Those glorious inundations moved massive quantities of sediment through thegrand canyon , wiping the slate dirty , and making a muddy mess of silt and muckthat would make modern river rafters cringe .