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alluvion n. 沙洲,沖積地,沖積地 沙洲,沖積地,沖積地 alluvion n 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" [synonym: {flood}, {inundation}, {deluge}, {alluvion}] 3: clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down [synonym: {alluvial sediment}, {alluvial deposit}, {alluvium}, {alluvion}] Alluvion \Al*lu"vi*on\, n. [F. alluvion, L. alluvio, fr. alluere
to wash against; ad luere, equiv. to lavare, to wash. See {Lave}.] 1. Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank. [1913 Webster] 2. An overflowing; an inundation; a flood. --Lyell. [1913 Webster] 3. Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium. [1913 Webster] The golden alluvions are there [in California and Australia] spread over a far wider space: they are found not only on the banks of rivers, and in their beds, but are scattered over the surface of vast plains. --R. Cobden. [1913 Webster] 4. (Law) An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See {Accretion}. [1913 Webster]
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