sewer

英 [ˈsuːə(r)]

美 [ˈsuːər]

n.  污水管; 下水道; 阴沟

复数：sewers　过去分词：sewered　

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Collins.1 / BNC.9600 / COCA.7453

牛津词典

noun

• 污水管；下水道；阴沟
  an underground pipe that is used to carry sewage away from houses, factories, etc.

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 污水管;下水道;阴沟
  Aseweris a large underground channel that carries waste matter and rain water away, usually to a place where it is treated and made harmless.
  1. ...the city's sewer system.
     城市排水系统
  2. ...open sewers.
     裸露的下水道

英英释义

noun

• a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
  Synonym:seweragecloaca
• someone who sews
  1. a sewer of fine gowns
• misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
  1. his career was in the gutter
  2. all that work went down the sewer
  3. pensions are in the toilet
  Synonym:guttertoilet

双语例句

• The stench from the sewer is indescribable.
  下水道发出一股说不出的恶臭。
• This street is the first in the city to have an underground sewer system.
  这条街是本市第一条有下水道系统的街道。
• We think they're down in the sewer system.
  我们认为他们是在下水道系统中。
• Demolition workforce sewage discharges on site shall be connected to the existing sewer or sewage treatment facilities where possible.
  在可行情况下，清拆工人在工地排放的污水，应接驳至现有的污水管或污水处理设施。
• The pond stank like a sewer.
  池塘像阴沟一样散发着恶臭。
• That connects to a sewer that takes the sewage to one of the Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation District treatment plants.
  控制阀和一个污水管连接，把污水排入地区日常水处理工厂。
• The relief valve should never be solidly piped into a drainage ditch, sewer or sump.
  安全阀绝不能用坚硬的管道连接到排水沟、水管或污水坑里。
• All we need to do is dig a hole along the sewer.
  我们需要沿著下水道挖一个洞。
• For his lair he had the sewer of the arche-marion.
  他的窝在马利容桥拱的暗沟里。
• Now there's a problem with the sewer pipes.
  现在下水道出问题了。