silts
v.
（河流等）为淤泥淤塞( silt的第三人称单数 );
（使）淤塞;
例句:
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Consolidation settlement occurs mainly in clays or silts.
压缩沉降主要出现在粘土或粉沙中.
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Today blowing sand dusts the town and silts its harbor.
如今的摩卡,狂沙肆虐,港口淤缩,一派荒芜.
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The works also have succeeded in making compound organic fertilizer from dirt and silts.
污水处理厂污泥合成有机物也获得了成功.
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It was abetted by decaying vegetation, which went into the flooded silts and made soil.
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