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sewer

/soo-er/US // ˈsu ər //UK // (ˈsuːə) //

下水道,污水处理厂,污水管,污水处理

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an artificial conduit, usually underground, for carrying off waste water and refuse, as in a town or city.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to provide or equip with sewers: a tax increase necessary to sewer the neighborhood.

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Examples

  • People too far away from sewer pipes usually have septic tanks.

  • Romania is on a climbing trend right now, especially in rural parts, where most are now connected to natural gas, water and sewer systems.

  • Utilities—like power, communication, water, and sewer lines—are usually located alongside roads, so those are also threatened.

  • Using a bank of samples from a treatment plant in Massachusetts, the company found that the virus showed up in the sewers in early March—around the same time as the first confirmed case.

  • And, Malone explained, the city’s infrastructure, including its sewer system, didn’t keep up as the city expanded.

  • In fact, he's even a kind of modern-day Orpheus, descending into the sewer to bet his life and find redemption.

  • The son of a fashion model and sewer contractor, Walker grew up Mormon and graduated from Village Christian High School.

  • I live far away from everything, without sewer, Internet, or fashion magazines from overseas.

  • In June, a court ruled that JPMorgan would lose $842 million of the $1.22 billion in sewer debt it held.

  • A lot of older cities have sewer systems that take rainwater, sewage, and industrial wastewater in the same pipe.

  • Then crouching low, he crossed the room to where the strainer top of the sewer drain was placed in the concrete floor.

  • This sewer enters two portions of the parish, one division at its northern, and the other at its eastern side.

  • Rats burrow along a drain pipe from the sewer into the house and admit sewer gas.

  • An attempt was next made to dig into a small sewer that ran from the southeast corner of the prison into the main sewer.

  • In the mean time, the two men were to enter and make careful examination of the main sewer and its adjacent outlets.