堆積

プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)

たいせき【堆積】

(an) accumulation, a pile；〔地質学で〕sedimentation

堆積する pile [build] up; accumulate

道路の泥の堆積をかたづけた
They cleared the streets of the (heaps of) mud.／They removed the mud which had accumulated on the roads.

膨大な資料が堆積していた
A huge amount of data had accumulated [piled up].／《口》 There were heaps of materials.

堆積岩

a sedimentary rock

堆積物

sediment; a deposit

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