sewer
sewer 英 [ˈsu:ə(r)] 美 [ˈsuɚ]
n. 污水管；下水道
名词复数:sewers
- Like so many superheroes, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live in a sewer, the system that carries waste and water from buildings, houses, and mad scientists’ labs. The water that runs down a storm drain also ends up in a sewer.
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- n. 污水管；下水道
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1. sewer pipe
污水管；下水管
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2. sewer system
污水管道系统
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3. Noxious gases had built up in the sewer.
下水道 的有害气体越积越多。
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4. They poisoned rats in the city's sewers.
他们用药毒死城市下水道的老鼠。
- sewer (n.1) c. 1400, "conduit," from Anglo-French sewere, Old North French sewiere "sluice from a pond" (13c.), literally "something that makes water flow," from shortened form of Gallo-Roman *exaquaria (source of Middle French esseveur), from Latin ex "out" (see ex-) + aquaria, fem. of aquarius "pertaining to water," from aqua "water" (from PIE root *akwa- "water").
- sewer (n.2) "one who sews," late 14c., agent noun from sew (v.).
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