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

• 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 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。
• Comedy is when you fall down an open sewer and die.
  喜剧呢，就是你掉到了一个露天的阴沟里，结果就挂掉了。
• The two pipes which connect with the sewer have been blocked up for a month.
  这两条与下水道相连的管子已经堵了一个月。
• One sewer receives domestic sewage, trade effluent and rainwater from roofs only and the other all remaining rainwater.
  一条排放生活污水、业废水和屋顶的雨水，另一条排放除此之外的其它雨水。
• The current situation and existing problems of sewer sludge treatment and disposal in Shanghai were described.
  介绍了上海市排水管道通沟污泥处理处置现状及存在的问题。
• But weather is actually a challenge for a sewer system, especially precipitation.
  然而实际上，天气对下水道系统构成了威胁，尤其是下雨天。
• Now there's a problem with the sewer pipes.
  现在下水道出问题了。
• Close offthe main sewer linefrom the prison.
  把监狱的主下水道关了。