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sewer

/ˈsuːə(r); ˈsjuːə(r)/ /ˈsuːər/
  • n.
    下水道,阴沟;缝纫工,缝纫机;(中世纪贵族宅邸中的)司膳管家
  • v.
    为……铺设污水管道,用下水道排除……的污水;清洗污水管
复数sewers
第三人称单数sewers
现在分词seweing
过去式sewered
过去分词sewered
IELTS

词语例句

  1. 下水道,阴沟cn.

    六级
    • The city has a complicated system of sewers.

      这个城市的排水系统极为复杂。

    • Wearing heels also creates the threat of getting a heel caught in a sidewalk crack or a sewer-grate and being thrown to the ground—possibly breaking a nose, back, or neck.

      穿着高跟鞋也会造成鞋跟被人行道裂缝或阴沟栅卡住以及摔倒在地上的危险,穿鞋的人有可能会摔断鼻子、背部或脖子。

  2. 缝纫工,缝纫机cn.

    • The girl is a good sewer and cook.

      这个女孩既会缝纫,又善做饭。

  1. He would tell her, "Oh, sinful wretch, who is spreading disease and filth like an open sewer."
    他会告诉她:“噢,可恶的家伙,像露天下水道一样传播疾病和污秽。”
  2. Concerns about public health led to the construction between 1876 and 1904 of three separate sewer systems to serve metropolitan Boston.
    出于对公众健康的担忧,1876年至1904年期间,为了服务于波士顿市区,政府修建了三个独立的下水道系统。
  3. The alligators would escape and find their way into the New York sewer system where they started reproducing, grew to huge sizes and now strike fear into sewer workers.
    短吻鳄会逃跑,找到进入纽约下水道系统的路并开始在那里繁殖,长得巨大,现在还使得下水道工人感到害怕。

相关短语

  • sanitary sewer
    下水道;生活污水;卫生下水道;生活污水管
  • sewer pipe
    污沟砖
  • branch sewer
    分支污水管;污水支管;支管
  • trunk sewer
    污水干管;污水干渠;污水总管;下水干道
  • storm sewer
    雨水管;暴雨水管;暴雨水沟;暴雨排水沟

词语扩展

n.
[建]下水道;阴沟;裁缝师
n.
sewage污水;下水道;污物
sewing缝纫;缝纫业
sewerage污水;排水设备
v.
sewing缝(sew的ing形式)
vi.
sew缝纫,缝

词义分布

下水道
91.7%
阴沟
8.3%

英英释义

  • n.a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
  • n.someone who sews
  • n.misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
  1. n.
    a large pipe under the ground that carries waste and rain water away
    污水管;下水道;阴沟
    • The rain water drains into the city's sewer system.
      雨水流入城市排水系统。

词源

  • sewer下水道,阴沟
    来自古诺斯法语 sewiere,水闸,出水口,来自 Gallo-Roman*exaquaria,出水口,来自拉丁语 ex-,向外,出,aqua,水,词源同 aquarium,水族管。后词义专用化指下水道,阴沟。