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sewer

美音:[´su:ə ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.下水道,缝具,缝纫者

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sewer


/'səʊə(r); `soɚ/
n.

/'su:ə(r) or, in ɑritish use, 英式英语读作 'sju:-;`suɚ/
n underground pipe or passage that carries sewage away to be treated or purified 下水道; 阴沟; 污水管; 排水管.

2 =>sew.

sewer


n[C]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French;Origin: esseweur, from essewer 'to carry away water', from Vulgar Latin exaquare, from Latin ex 'out' + aqua 'water']
a pipe or passage under the ground that carries away waste material and used water from houses, factories etc
1. As the sewer system collapses, people will dump sewage on the streets where rain will eventually wash it away.
    由于下水道坍毁,人们将污水倒在街上,最后被雨水冲走。

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