词源:
sed 坐 + ment 构成抽象名词 -> 坐着（不动）的东西 -> sediment 沉淀物
n. 沉积；沉淀物He dumped the tea sediment and washed all the cups.
他倒掉了茶渣，清洗好了所有的杯子。
Sediment can move with water, wind, or glaciers.
沉积物沉积物可以随水、风或冰川移动。
Organisms preserved in sediment may become fossils.
保存在沉积物中的有机物可能成为化石。
Many organisms that die in the sea are soon buried by sediment.
许多在海里死亡的生物很快便被沉淀物掩埋。The sediment plume is tan and green
沉淀物卷流呈现褐色和绿色。
The rest would settle into sediment.
其余的将变成沉淀物。
