1.【地】沉积物
2.沉淀(物);沉渣
1.a layer of a substance that forms at the bottom of a liquid; a layer of sand, stones, dirt, etc. that becomes a layer of rock
1.The deepest sediments were laid down in the distant past, while more recent sediments were nearer the surface.
最深处的沉积物来自最遥远的过去，而表层的沉积物来自较近的时代。
2.Multi-techniques were applied to characterize the surface interactions for organic and inorganic windings of marine sediments.
用多种表面分析技术对海洋沉积物表面无机—有机组分的相互作用进行了表征。
3.The total volume of sediments carpeting the ocean bottom has turned out to be surprisingly small.
覆盖海底的沉积物的总体积显得惊人地微小。
4.Measurement of photosynthesis in sediments and macrophytes cannot be undertaken by means of any single procedure.
沉积物和大型植物光合作用的测定不能通过任何单一的程序来承担。
5.All that gas buoys up through the sediments and into the ocean, heating up the deep waters.
所有的这些气体穿过沉淀物浮向海洋，使深海海水温度升高。
6."There was active-enough chemistry in the sediments that the decay process didn't occur as quickly as the mineralization process, " he said.
“沉积物中有积极的，足够的化学物质，（它的）衰变过程没有同成矿过程一样快，”他说。
7.The wires transport electrons from bacteria in deeper, oxygen-poor sediments to bacteria in oxygen-rich mud near the surface.
通过导线，氧气稀少，位于更深层沉积物中的细菌便可将电子传递到氧气充足，靠近水面的细菌中。
8.The question of virus occurrence and survival in sediments was addressed only after improved detection methods were at hand.
淤泥中病毒发生和存活的问题只有在改进了检测方法以后，才能够得以了解。
9.A case study of burrowing crab effects on the surface sediments in the Yellow River Estuarine intertidal zone has been made.
从螃蟹扰动对沉积物组成、性质和运移产生的作用，可以得出生物活动对黄河口潮滩的稳定性具有一定的影响。
10.During the Upper Cretaceous much of the area was covered by these sediments, they were, however, eroded to a considerable degree.
晚白垩世期间，大片区域都是被这些沉积物所覆盖，但是它们很大程度上都被侵蚀了。