Sewer
['suːə;'sjuːə] or ['suɚ]
解释:
(noun.) a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
(noun.) someone who sews; 'a sewer of fine gowns'.
校对:鲁本--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) One who sews, or stitches.
(n.) A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopteris nubeculana)
(n.) A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities.
(n.) Formerly, an upper servant, or household officer, who set on and removed the dishes at a feast, and who also brought water for the hands of the guests.
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同义词及近义词:
n. Drain.
黛西手打
解释:
n. an officer who set down and removed the dishes at a feast.
n. an underground passage for draining off water and filth.—ns. Sew′age refuse carried off by sewers; Sew′erage the whole sewers of a city: drainage by sewers; Sew′er-gas the contaminated air of sewers.—Open sewer a sewer of which the channel is exposed to the air.
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例句:
- Through the heart of the town a deadly sewer ebbed and flowed, in the place of a fine fresh river. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- This defiance hath already been sent to thee by thy sewer; thou underliest it, and art bound to answer me--There lies my glove. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- I shall deliver to the knight your defiance, answered the sewer; meanwhile I leave you to your food. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The foul, bad-smelling gases which arise from sewers can be prevented from escaping and passing to streets and buildings by placing charcoal filters at the sewer exits. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- The sewer made no answer, but bowed his head. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The important sanitary feature in modern plumbing is to keep all sewer gas and disease germs out of the house. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- The sewer pipes are shown in solid black, the unshaded pipes (in outline only) are air ventilation pipes, the single black lines are cold water pipes, and the dotted lines hot water pipes. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- I put the explosive into a sarsaparilla bottle, tied a string to it, wrapped it in a paper, and gently let it down into the sewer, corner of State and Washington Streets. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Hence, the greater the number of people in a hotel, or the more abundant the sewage, the greater should be the distance between well and sewer. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- The lack of water caused not only personal inconvenience and business paralysis, but it occasioned real danger of disease through unflushed sewers and insufficiently drained pipes. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- They want to explore the sewers, and he's the wizard rat that swims ahead. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- The foul, bad-smelling gases which arise from sewers can be prevented from escaping and passing to streets and buildings by placing charcoal filters at the sewer exits. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Notwithstanding the success of his machine, which on public exhibition beat five of the swiftest hand sewers, he met only discouragement and disappointment. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Charcoal is porous and absorbs foul gases, and thus keeps the region surrounding sewers sweet and clean and free of odor. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Sewers and water pipes were laid throughout the city, resulting in a great reduction of disease. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
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