网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的词汇:

 

词汇 sewer
释义

sewer1

noun ˈsuːəˈsuər
  • An underground conduit for carrying off drainage water and waste matter.

    污水管;下水道

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Plans include maintaining the quality of water supplies, preventing sewers flooding in homes and reducing smells from waste treatment plants.
    • It only permits a municipality to spend the money raised through development charges on new sewers, water mains and other facilities.
    • A fugitive escapes to the underground sewer of an unnamed city.
    • Also, the Indians complained that their villages were the last to receive electricity, water, telephone and sewers.
    • A common problem is the unlawful channelling of storm water drainage into the sewer system.
    • Otherwise, they must live underground or in the sewers.
    • As the snow melted, some other areas were warned of a chance of light flooding because of poor drainage and snow-clogged sewers.
    • All three were soaked with the disgusting water from the sewer, and poor little Roni was covered from head to toe in it.
    • A mysterious prowler scours London's underground sewers and tube lines, searching for suitable victims.
    • At night, the utility secretly opened hydrants and poured precious drinking water into the sewers to flush the pipes.
    • Scientists first thought pharmaceutical factory wastes discharging into the sewers were the cause.
    • Cities also varied on whether they would require mandatory connection to the sewer or water supply system.
    • What little is visible in the background looks like a fragment of an underground sewer.
    • The same is also true of sewers and drainage systems, many of which were not repaired when they became blocked.
    • They climbed down the ladder and stood in the shallow waters of the sewer.
    • At the same time, the waters of the mighty river spill into sewers and drainage ditches and carry their untreated broth to wells used for drinking water.
    • An infrastructure of sewers and clean water was vital.
    • In this way the underground pollution could be pumped away to sewers without fresh rain water draining through the ground and adding to the problem.
    • Also, a licensed plumber may be required to attach your pipes to the public sewer line and water supply.
    • Underground drains and sewers can suffer from structural defects caused by ground movement, leakage, subsidence, tree-root infiltration or corrosion.
    Synonyms
    drain, sluice, sluiceway, culvert, spillway, flume

Origin

Middle English (denoting a watercourse to drain marshy land): from Old Northern French seuwiere 'channel to drain the overflow from a fish pond', based on Latin ex- 'out of' + aqua 'water'.

  • This initially meant a watercourse to drain marshy land. The source is Old Northern French seuwiere ‘channel to drain the overflow from a fish pond’, based on Latin ex- ‘out of’ and aqua ‘water’. Sewage, developed from sewer in the mid 19th century.

Rhymes

anoa, Balboa, blower, boa, foregoer, goer, grower, hoer, jerboa, knower, Krakatoa, Lebowa, lower, moa, mower, Mururoa, Noah, o'er, proa, protozoa, rower, Samoa, Shenandoah, shower, sower, spermatozoa, Stour, thrower, tower Amur, brewer, chewer, Dewar, doer, ewer, hewer, Kahlua, lassoer, Nuer, pursuer, renewer, screwer, skewer, skua, spewer, strewer, suer, tattooer, viewer, who're, wooer

sewer2

noun ˈsuːəˈsoʊ(ə)r
  • A person that sews.

    裁缝

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Irene Caldwell is the company's costume designer who works with a small group of budding sewers.
    • Margaret was also a great sewer and dress-maker, a craft at which she excelled in her younger years.
    • An enthusiastic crafter and home sewer since childhood, Jane Schenck has a long and varied career in the home sewing industry.

sewer1

nounˈso͞oərˈsuər
  • An underground conduit for carrying off drainage water and waste matter.

    污水管;下水道

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As the snow melted, some other areas were warned of a chance of light flooding because of poor drainage and snow-clogged sewers.
    • A mysterious prowler scours London's underground sewers and tube lines, searching for suitable victims.
    • It only permits a municipality to spend the money raised through development charges on new sewers, water mains and other facilities.
    • All three were soaked with the disgusting water from the sewer, and poor little Roni was covered from head to toe in it.
    • They climbed down the ladder and stood in the shallow waters of the sewer.
    • Cities also varied on whether they would require mandatory connection to the sewer or water supply system.
    • An infrastructure of sewers and clean water was vital.
    • A fugitive escapes to the underground sewer of an unnamed city.
    • Otherwise, they must live underground or in the sewers.
    • At night, the utility secretly opened hydrants and poured precious drinking water into the sewers to flush the pipes.
    • Also, a licensed plumber may be required to attach your pipes to the public sewer line and water supply.
    • Plans include maintaining the quality of water supplies, preventing sewers flooding in homes and reducing smells from waste treatment plants.
    • At the same time, the waters of the mighty river spill into sewers and drainage ditches and carry their untreated broth to wells used for drinking water.
    • In this way the underground pollution could be pumped away to sewers without fresh rain water draining through the ground and adding to the problem.
    • Underground drains and sewers can suffer from structural defects caused by ground movement, leakage, subsidence, tree-root infiltration or corrosion.
    • A common problem is the unlawful channelling of storm water drainage into the sewer system.
    • Also, the Indians complained that their villages were the last to receive electricity, water, telephone and sewers.
    • Scientists first thought pharmaceutical factory wastes discharging into the sewers were the cause.
    • What little is visible in the background looks like a fragment of an underground sewer.
    • The same is also true of sewers and drainage systems, many of which were not repaired when they became blocked.
    Synonyms
    drain, sluice, sluiceway, culvert, spillway, flume

Origin

Middle English (denoting a watercourse to drain marshy land): from Old Northern French seuwiere ‘channel to drain the overflow from a fish pond’, based on Latin ex- ‘out of’ + aqua ‘water’.

sewer2

nounˈsoʊ(ə)rˈsō(ə)r
  • A person who sews.

    裁缝

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Margaret was also a great sewer and dress-maker, a craft at which she excelled in her younger years.
    • An enthusiastic crafter and home sewer since childhood, Jane Schenck has a long and varied career in the home sewing industry.
    • Irene Caldwell is the company's costume designer who works with a small group of budding sewers.
随便看

 

春雷网英语在线翻译词典收录了464360条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2000-2024 Sndmkt.com All Rights Reserved 更新时间:2024/12/28 0:48:51