| 单词 | silty |
| 例句 | Tuck climbed in, too, pushing off, and, settling the oars into their locks, dipped them into the silty bottom in one strong pull. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The usual cloud that turned the air brown and silty, but this time it failed to dissipate. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But the silty, drippy, turdy timbers lugged up by the floating cranes look nothing like the shining galleon in the paintings. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He rose from his chair and stepped to the coffeemaker, pouring out a silty cup for me, and then one for himself. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Daylight streamed through the hole onto a mound of splintered floorboards and broken glass from which rose coils of silty dust, pieces of torn carpet plastered here and there like scraps of desiccated meat. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z One year, these scientists came with a mini-submarine and tried to find the bottom, but the lake was so silty and muddy that they couldn’t see. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The shape of a carpet beneath the silty ash. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z In late February, silty snowmelt made for a pale waterway the color of a lime sorbet. A Hike and a Happy Hour: Trek to a mossy lime kiln, then savor a hoppy brew 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z Our Cessna climbed away from the gridded layout of Anchorage and across Cook Inlet, the greenish aqua and silty river waters that feed it bumping up against each other. An Alaska National Park as Big as Connecticut. Annual Visitors? 23,000. 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z "It used to be more hard, which is a habitat oysters like to settle on. It became more muddy and silty." Can oyster reef restoration across the US impact what we eat? 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z We leapt off a canoe into a clear stream, scattering duck and pike alike, letting the mud ooze into our toes from the silty bed. Bungay - the perfect country retreat 2010-12-21T10:57:00Z It was silty loam and had been farmed out from years of chemical-dependent tobacco cultivation. This collector-grower built an Eden of rare plants. Now he tackles the challenge to preserve it. 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z I walked down its stony bank and found the water silty and frigid to the touch. This 414-mile road to the Arctic Ocean is one of the world’s most remote highways 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Here, time moves as slowly as the silty water, and Rourke uses it to lay down a few pleasing ruminations. Not the Booker prize: The Canal by Lee Rourke 2010-10-04T12:08:00Z The silty, sandstone beds containing the footprints are rapidly eroding under the coastal tides and waves. Birds set foot near South Pole in Early Cretaceous, Australian tracks show 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Its silty rivers rush down from the Himalayas, spill into a filigreed maze of ponds, wetlands and tributaries before emptying into the blustery, black Bay of Bengal. Here’s a Look at the Water Crises That Might Be Coming to You Soon 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z The people fished in the water and farmed on the silty floodplain, growing crops such as corn and squash. ‘A living spirit’: Native people push for changes to protect the Colorado River 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Gravediggers piled up the silty white earth and placed chrysanthemums on the grave. Resilient Kyiv Patches Up After Attacks, but Some Things Can’t Be Fixed 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z A number of people posted photos on social media of themselves and others walking out onto the silty and sandy bay floor, despite warnings from local officials. Experts: Negative storm surge in Tampa Bay as Ian approached 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z On Monday, within hours of the rocket strike that made the hole, residents were climbing down to fill bottles at the silty trickle from a shattered water main. At edge of Russian onslaught, city of Bakhmut clings to freedom 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Gold was introduced by hydrothermal fluids which reacted with silty calcareous rocks, removing carbonate, creating additional permeability, and adding silica and gold-bearing pyrite in the pore space between grains. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Beneath the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge between Georgetown and Foggy Bottom, Rock Creek rushed toward the Potomac River, brown with silty runoff, and foaming over and around rocks in the creekbed. Bright Sunday belied furiously stormy overnight hours 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z The finding suggests river managers might need to rethink their flood control strategies on silty and sandy lowland rivers. Dams are supposed to prevent floods. Some may make them worse 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Turbidity can be an issue with Ashokan water due to silty water flowing in. NYC reservoir releases raise worries about stormier future 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z In the silty red soil of Gansu Province in China, a small owl has lain nestled for about 6 million years, since an era known as the Late Miocene. Fossil Holds Clues to How Some Owls Evolved Into Daytime Hunters 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z For example, a rock containing some silt but mostly rounded sand and gravel are called silty conglomerate. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The silty, milky grayish water, fed by glaciers high the Chugach range, carried fallen trees swiftly downstream and swiped precious inches from one neighborhood’s backyard banks. ‘Prodigious’ Alaskan storm dumps record rain, 10-plus feet of snow 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z The air itself was an oyster — silty and mineral on the inhale, with the pearl gray sky all the way to the horizon. Fried Oysters Are Delicious. They’re Even Better at Home. 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z It is silty and soft, absorbing water as it trickles down to the water table. In this California county, one town has no water. Another has enough to share. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Like orcas, belugas hunt by echolocation, enabling them to nail fish even in opaque, silty water. A beluga whale in Puget Sound? Rare visitor startles boaters in first sighting here since 1940 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z The trail crosses silty Granite Creek on a large log bridge fairly early, then takes you up and down through rolling forest. 6 alpine hikes in Washington to savor before the snow flies 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z On the banks of the Yukon River in Mountain Village, there was nothing but a taut electrical wire holding a house on the slope from tumbling into the silty water. Housing in Alaska can’t survive climate change. This group is trying a new model. 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z It probably lived like a modern stingray or horseshoe crab, hoovering up prey from the silty bottom. ‘Spaceship-Shaped’ Fossil Reveals Hungry Predator of Ancient Oceans 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z The Nile birthed Egyptian civilization thousands of years ago, its silty waters bestowing agricultural riches that built an empire, and still sustains it. Rowing the Nile: A Soothing Respite in a Chaotic Metropolis 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z She then motioned across the forest floor’s expanse, where green shoots and fronds poked through the carpet of silty, dusty ash. Scarred by fire, California's first state park remains closed. Can Big Basin recover? 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Most Donald Trump utterances resemble turbid creeks that are silty at their sources and trickle away into mud. Opinion | For the sake of the country, cancel the remaining debates 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Enlarging the openings and dredging the new channel caused massive surges of tidal water that are washing away the silty lagoon bottom. Deep trouble: can Venice hold back the tide? 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z The journey is tough by road, with large stones and loose, silty earth, troubling the journey for even four-wheel drive vehicles. In Mormon Family’s 12 Hours of Terror, a Message Emerges: No One Is Safe 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z But the pyramid was being built on soft, silty clay - and there was a problem with stability and subsidence. Egypt's Bent Pyramid opens to visitors 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z Guyana’s mudflats and silty brown coastal water have little in common with the lush green mountains and glens of the Highlands. How Scotland erased Guyana from its past 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Peering at the layers was like flipping through a paleo-history book that chronicled decades of ecology in its silty pages. The Day the Dinosaurs Died 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z “That’s where I grew up,” he says, pointing at a nondescript house facing a silty bay that was, until relatively recently, thick with salmon. From casinos to cannabis: the Native Americans embracing the pot revolution 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z All Washingtonians respect the sporting razor clam and every bivalve tucked neatly beneath the silty mud of our rocky shores. Make the geoduck the state clam 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Water will be sprayed on the dust to knock it down, and silty wastewater is to be processed onsite, Newborn said. Final plans outlined for demolition of Alaskan Way Viaduct 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z "Using echolocation in areas with very shallow, silty mud is like trying to walk through a forest on a foggy day," he explains, "It's very hard to get your bearings and see clearly." Why are so many whales washing up? 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z In addition to fishing and boat-making, residents raise crops and cattle on the silty soil, relying on ferries to reach the nearest market for their goods, the small city of Jorhat. AP Photos: Residents of India’s shrinking island struggle 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z “The silty sand we used to cap the site just turned to hardpan when exposed to the sun, and turned to mud whenever it rained.” Trinity Forest is presented with Golf Digest's 2018 Green Star environmental award - Golf Digest 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z Her sister Charmane, who has schizophrenia, was already agitated with fear of the silty deluge in the street. How Harvey changed the shape of three families — one forever 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z The lake, for example, was a tiny, silty pond when they arrived. Ian McEwan’s Enchanted Garden 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Being far from shore and the impacts of silty runoff, pollution, and fishing, this stretch of the reef was considered the most pristine, which was thought to make it resistant to bleaching. There’s only one way to save the Great Barrier Reef, scientists conclude 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z On the other side, the silty river sifted slowly through a wild land of oak and cottonwood. 'Flood fighting is in our DNA': To live by the Feather River is to know its power and danger 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z We camped on its massive sandbars, swam in its silty waters and explored the ancient geology of this iconic American landscape. We must protect the Grand Canyon before time runs out 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Her property, among fields and blackberry thickets on a silty terrace of the Eel River, is the vintage “small family farm” she says. North Coast marijuana growers fear a takeover by 'Big Alcohol' 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Monstrous Lake Powell filled in behind the 710-foot dam, drowning Glen Canyon’s otherworldly red-rock amphitheaters and slot canyons under its silty depths. This Will Be the Biggest Dam-Removal Project in History 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Rimbaud gave off a taste of silty cockle, something that choked and tortured the mouth before spreading out layers of smells, then turning into a sheaf of powder and desert sand. Garth Risk Hallberg on how fiction can ‘make it new’ 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z The specimen’s provenance seems to be murkier than the silty waters that once buried its carcass. Four-legged snake fossil stuns scientists—and ignites controversy 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Until recently, he said, organic artifacts made of materials like wood or animal hides, were abundant around the region because they were preserved by permafrost or silty soils. Archaeologists say climate change destroys Arctic artifacts 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z In the laboratory, endophytes grown in sandy and silty soil cultures performed noticeably better than those cultivated in artificial media. Fungus May Save Crops from Disease and Global Warming 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Cara and her friends, who called themselves the “Naughty Nine,” relaxed beneath the bridge over Virginia’s Bull Run, smiling for a group photo with their toes in the silty shallows. Family struggles to explain girl’s death, among 3 teen suicides in Fairfax since Sept. They call it the Hudson Mustache, the thick band of silty debris that clings to a swimmer’s upper lip after a nearly mile-long paddle down the Hudson River in the New York City Triathlon. In New York City Triathlon, It’s More Wallow Than Swim 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z Recommend ReportPermalinkreply Sep 13th 2013 21:45 GMT silty Sep 13th 2013 21:35 GMT I think that things have turned out rather well, and there is hope for them getting even better. The Syria crisis: Back from the brink? 2013-09-13T09:24:38Z The dark, silty soil surrounding the Florida towns of Belle Glade and Pahokee, some 45 miles west of Palm Beach, creates a fertile region for agriculture. Exposures: Football as a Way Out of Poverty 2013-02-02T18:32:12Z The silty sediments speak of a far quieter time in Gale, perhaps when a placid lake filled the crater. ScienceShot: Mars Rover Finds Watery Wonderland 2013-01-15T22:50:00Z “If it’s too silty, the eggs get smothered.” Green Blog: The Sturgeon's Looming Endangered Listing 2012-02-28T13:15:54Z The flathead chub is found in silty water and often is the predominant species in streams that have high turbidity. Geographic Variation in the North American Cyprinid Fish, Hybopsis gracilis 2011-12-29T03:00:21.553Z A marked preference for still water, soft, silty bottoms, and areas with drift or other cover was apparent; however, the species also occurred in open waters with moderate to swift currents. Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas 2011-10-15T02:00:26.927Z Monday's quakes left silty deposits all over the city A series of earthquakes that hit the New Zealand city of Christchurch has confirmed fears that many homes will have to be abandoned, officials say. Quake dents Christchurch's hopes 2011-06-14T10:00:54Z The waters of the North Sea are among the murkiest on the planet, so dark and silty that a seal sometimes can’t see its own whiskers. Is That Fish Worth Chasing? A Seal's Whiskers Know 2011-05-12T05:15:00Z Mexico’s network is designed to detect earthquakes near the coastline and broadcast warnings in Mexico City, an aging metropolis of more than 20 million people built on a silty lakebed that amplifies seismic waves. Seconds Before the Big One: Progress in Earthquake Alarms 2011-03-11T21:15:07.970Z This swath of obesity and sedentary lifestyle also girds the American South, stretching down the southeastern seaboard, 'round the silty Mississippi Delta and following the Appalachian Mountains north across Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia. Diabetes belt: American south gets more health notoriety 2011-03-09T17:37:04Z The soil must be loose, and if it is silty so much the better. Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works 2011-01-14T03:00:46.103Z The most common form, however, of failure is the sliding forwards of a dock wall, with little or no subsidence, on a silty or slippery stratum under the pressure imposed by the backing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" So Ken rejoiced while he slid the torpoon down to a level just a few feet above the silty sea bottom, reducing her to quarter-speed. Under Arctic Ice You can't see three inches in front of your face down here—it's too silty. One-Shot A neighbor lost some 5 year old Chinese chestnut trees following a summer drouth on silty loam soil, rather shallow to hard-pan. Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 A light to heavy silty loam, underlaid by a silty clay loam, is considered best. Apple Growing Salt marshes are formed of the silty deposits of rivers and of the sea. Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health The Ranger always knew the character of the mountains from the River: silty and milky-blue from glaciers; crystal and green-blue from the snow. The Freebooters of the Wilderness The Penn stony loam consists of from 8 to 12 inches of a red or grayish heavy loam, somewhat silty, underlain by a heavier red loam. History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia Although allowance for water pressure is sufficient for designing retaining walls in New York quicksand, it is far from sufficient in certain silty materials. Pressure, Resistance, and Stability of Earth American Society of Civil Engineers: Transactions, Paper No. 1174, Volume LXX, December 1910 By rubbing some of this between the fingers, both dry and wet, one can get a fair idea of how a silty soil should feel. The First Book of Farming The river, when the Merrill party came, was found usually in a deep gully, in places twenty feet below the surface of the silty ground. Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert The soil is a yellow silty soil, resembling loess in texture, underlaid by a clay subsoil with layers or pockets of sand. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, The Meadow of Loudoun is usually a brown silty or sandy loam, with a depth of several feet. History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia I calculate that a cubic foot of silty soil offers about 30,000 square feet of surface area to plant roots. Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway Stony Loam.—Like the gravelly loam the stony loams are one-fourth to three-fourths sandy, silty or clay loam, the remainder being rock fragments of larger size than the gravel. The First Book of Farming If the soil in question were a silty clay, it would naturally make 2 1/2 inches available per foot. Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway |
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