The lotus flower grows out of mud.

荷花出淤泥而不染。

These fossils were deposited in a river system.

这些化石堆积在一个河流底部的淤泥中。

Makes something sacred out of the lives of the squalid.

他终于体会到了莲出淤泥的真谛！

A slower conveyor belt also means that silt and debris get carried and deposited differently.

大洋输送带的减弱也意味着淤泥和碎石以不同的方式被携带和沉积。

Emergency crews and soldiers continued today to dig through the sludge and debris.

今天，紧急救援人员和士兵继续在淤泥和废墟中挖掘。

It grows deep in the silt and is difficult to dig out.

这种植物生长在湖水下面深深的淤泥中，想挖到并不是容易的事。

It was shocking for me to discover how little I knew about sludge.

真没想到我对淤泥的知识竟然这么贫乏。

Reports say it was found eight meters deep under mud on the seafloor.

报道称，这个记录器在海床下8米深的淤泥中被找到。

If it is broken and contaminated with silt, the value will be ruined.

藕断了就破了卖相，灌进了淤泥，就更卖不出价格。

Now some people fear that the black muck may be a threat to the bay.

现在有些人担心黑色淤泥可能对切萨皮克湾构成威胁。

Workers using heavy equipment have tried to clear dirt around the large ship.

工人们使用重型设备试这艘大船周围的淤泥。

At low tide, they channel an air supply through the mud, direct to the roots.

退潮时，这些洞穴隧道可以穿过淤泥，把空气直接输送到根部。

I'm going to show you a little bit of this mud.

我来给你们看下这里的淤泥。

Only her head and arms stuck out of the mud now.

现在她只剩下脑袋和双臂露在淤泥外面了。

The mud was up to her neck.

淤泥快淹没她的脖子了。

The oars had churned up the mud, clouding the water.

【churn】船桨翻起淤泥，水变得一片浑浊。

Also, the dam becomes blocked with mud, which makes the reservoir water dirty and causes diseases.

此外，大坝堵塞了淤泥，使水库里的水肮脏不堪，引发疾病。

Locate it first and figure out its length, and then clear away the silt around it, bit by bit.

摸楚整根藕的走势和长度，然后再逐段地淤泥。

He was passing over vast expanses of black mud now, which swirled murkily as he disturbed the water.

现在水底是大片大片的黑色淤泥，湖水因为他的搅动泛起了黑乎乎的水涡。

Manzanilla said that the place once was part of a shoreline with a lot of mud.

曼萨尼拉称，这个地方曾是海岸线的一部分，有很多淤泥。