These fossils were deposited in a river system.

这些化石堆积在一个河流淤泥中。

Makes something sacred out of the lives of the squalid.

他终于体会到了莲出淤泥真谛！

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淤泥中，要想挖到并不是容易事。

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

真没想到我对淤泥知识竟然这么贫乏。

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

报道称，这个记录器在床下8米深淤泥中被找到。

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

工人们使用重设备试图清除这艘大船周围淤泥。

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

我来给你们看下这里淤泥。

The mud was up to her neck.

淤泥快淹没她脖子了。

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

现在水是大片大片黑色淤泥，湖水因为他搅动泛起了黑乎乎水涡。

They died and a short while later the area flooded, covering their remains in mud and silt.

他们死后不久，这个地区遭洪水淹没，泥土和淤泥覆盖了他们遗体。

Oceanographers are currently studying the effects of the burial of waste into the mud of remote ocean sites.

目前，家们正在研究将废弃物埋藏于偏远域淤泥中所产生影响。

But, more importantly, they trap much of the silt and sediment, so that clean water flows out to sea.

更重要是，它们困住了大量淤泥和沉积物，这样一来，才会有洁净水流向。

It makes me laugh now to see myself savouring these memories standing alone up to my thighs in muck.

如今我独自站在深及大腿淤泥中，回味着这些记忆，这让我发笑。

Many Maryland environmentalists say the black muck behind the dam is just one example of severe threats to the Bay.

马里兰州许多环保人士表示，大坝背后黑色淤泥只是湾面临严重威胁因素之一。

Others from the canal authority showed digging equipment on the shore removing dirt and rock that blocked the ship's path.

来自运河管理局其他人士展示了岸上挖掘设备正在清理阻塞航道淤泥和岩石。

Every year, the Nile would flood, bringing water and fertile silt to the land.

每年，尼罗河都会泛滥，将水和肥沃淤泥带到这片土地上。

They’re flat, they’re well watered, and when they flood, they deposit nutrient-rich silt.

它们是平坦，浇水充足，当它们泛滥时，它们会沉积富含营养淤泥。

Everything's covered in stinky sludge because the sewers overflowed.

由于下水道溢出，到处都是臭气熏天淤泥。

Possibly due to silty deposits brought on by flooding.

可能是由于洪水带来淤泥沉积所致。

But these tiny microbes living in ocean mud They do the same thing.

然而，这些栖息在淤泥中微小微生物，同样在做着类似事情。