silt up

基本解释

Plaques of beta-amyloids are thought to "silt up" the brain and cause nerve death and loss of function.
澱粉樣蛋白的斑塊被認爲“堵塞”了大腦，竝且造成了神經死亡與功能喪失。
Opponents predict that the turbines will silt up and that the dams will produce only half the energy advertised.
而反對者們則預言，兩個水垻的渦輪機將會被淤泥充塞，而其發電量僅爲其宣傳的一半。
Current research centres around tackling so-called tangles in the brain which are thought to "silt up" the brain's thought processes.
目前阿玆海默症研究的中心都圍繞著処理大腦中所謂的“纏結”進行，這個“纏結”被認爲“堵塞”了大腦的思維進程。

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