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.
淀粉样蛋白的斑块被认为“堵塞”了大脑，并且造成了神经死亡与功能丧失。
Opponents predict that the turbines will silt up and that the dams will produce only half the energy advertised.
而反对者们则预言，两个水坝的涡轮机将会被淤泥充塞，而其发电量仅为其宣传的一半。
Current research centres around tackling so-called tangles in the brain which are thought to "silt up" the brain's thought processes.
目前阿兹海默症研究的中心都围绕着处理大脑中所谓的“缠结”进行，这个“缠结”被认为“堵塞”了大脑的思维进程。

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