Definition

Examples

• 河底的沉积物中含有大量矿物质。
  Hé dǐ de chén jī wù zhōng hán yǒu dàliàng kuàngwùzhì.
  The sediment at the bottom of the river contains a lot of minerals.
• 科学家从沉积物中发现了古代生物的痕迹。
  Kēxuéjiā cóng chén jī wù zhōng fāxiàn le gǔdài shēngwù de hénjì.
  Scientists discovered traces of ancient organisms in the sediment.
• 这些沉积物是经过数千年沉积形成的。
  Zhèxiē chén jī wù shì jīngguò shù qiān nián chénjī xíngchéng de.
  This sediment formed through thousands of years of deposition.