deposit
- n. 存款
- n. 定金
- n. 沉积物
- v. 存入
- v. 堆积
- Definition
- n. money put into a bank
- n. a first payment for something
- n. a layer of solid matter
- v. to put money into a bank account
- v. to leave a layer of matter somewhere
- Example
- You need to pay a deposit before renting the apartment.
- 租这套公寓之前，你需要先付一笔押金。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: a layer of matter left behind (noun).
比较义项：沉积层／沉积物（名词）。
- deposit 本词
The common, general word for a layer or mass of solid matter left behind by water, wind, or other natural forces; used freely in everyday and scientific writing, and often paired with ore, mineral, or silt.
这是通用词，指由水、风等自然力量留下的一层或一堆固体物质；在日常和科学写作中都常用，常与ore（矿石）、mineral（矿物）、silt（淤泥）等词搭配。
The river left a deposit of fine silt along the bank after the flood.
洪水过后，河流在岸边留下了一层细腻的淤泥沉积物。
- deposition
A more formal, technical term favoured in geology and chemistry, emphasizing the gradual process of layers building up over time; deposition also has an unrelated everyday sense, a witness's legal testimony, not used here.
这是更正式、专业的说法，常见于地质学和化学语境，强调物质逐渐堆积形成层的“过程”；deposition还有一个与此无关的日常义项——法庭上证人的“证词”，此处不作比较。
Centuries of mineral deposition formed the cave's glittering walls.
数百年的矿物沉积作用形成了这个洞穴闪闪发光的岩壁。
Deposit and deposition both name a layer of matter left behind. Deposit is the common word for a mineral layer, used in science and writing. Deposition is formal, common in geology, and stresses the forming process. Deposit means 'down payment'; deposition can mean legal testimony.
这两个词在“沉积物、沉积层”这一义项上意思相近，但deposit是日常及科学文本中通用的词，指具体的一层沉积物或矿藏；deposition更偏正式、专业，常见于地质学、化学语境，强调沉积“过程”或由此形成的层。这里不比较deposit的“押金、定金”义，也不比较deposition的“（法庭）证词”义。