slickens

石泥, 水力矿的浮泥

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Fine, harmful, and (when wet) slimy pulverized rock, a waste product (pollution) produced by hydraulic mining and quartz milling, which can silt up rivers and accumulate on soil downstream of such activities.

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v.
  1. 1.

    third-person singular simple present indicative of slicken

词源

Ultimately a reference to the slimy, slick nature of the material. Compare slicken (“smooth”, adjective), slick (noun).

来源：wiktionary