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		sediment美 ['sedəmənt]  英 ['sedɪmənt]  n. residue,deposit,dregs,remains 1.  | 沉淀物the solid material that settles at the bottom of a liquid  |  
 2.  | 沉积物sand, stones, mud, etc. carried by water or wind and left, for example, on the bottom of a lake, river, etc.  |  
 n.  | 1. material, originally suspended in a liquid, that settles at the bottom of the liquid when it is left standing for a long time 2. material eroded from preexisting rocks that is transported by water, wind, or ice and deposited elsewhere 3. a layer of a substance that forms at the bottom of a liquid  |  
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