alluvion

alluvion读音音标

英[ə\\\'lu:vjən]

美[ə\\\'luvjən]

基本意思释义

n.沙洲，冲积地; 冲积层

英英释义

Noun

1. gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment

2. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land;

\"plains fertilized by annual inundations\"

3. clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down