单词 | sewer |
释义 | sewer (suːəʳ ) Word forms: sewers countable noun B2 A sewer is a large underground channel that carries waste matter and rain water away, usually to a place where it is treated and made harmless. ...the city's sewer system. ...open sewers. Collocations: open sewer Fifteen million people live above an open sewer in unimaginable squalor. Times, Sunday Times This week an open sewer flowed just 50 metres from the new temporary homes. The Sun One observer opined that she would sooner have an open sewer in her drawing room. Times, Sunday Times We were shocked to find that our river was being used as an open sewer. Times,Sunday Times An open sewer oozes past her tiny shack, which the authorities razed and her family rebuilt three times in the past year. Times, Sunday Times That stuff just goes straight into the foul sewer network. Times, Sunday Times I was astounded to learn that ever since the estate was built the surface water drainage has not gone into the sewer network. Times, Sunday Times They are aquatic predators from the future, using the sewer network to hunt and trap prey. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Connection fees to the water and sewer network are a major source of funding for service providers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Of the wastewater that enters the sewer network, only about 60% reaches the treatment plants. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That's if you managed to get into the sewer system at all. Times, Sunday Times (2016) One of the big problems now facing the industry is sporadic discharges when the sewer system is unable to cope with heavy rain and sewage. Times, Sunday Times (2010) I was filming in the city 's vast sewer system for three weeks. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The sewer system runs from west London to east, on a downward tilt. Times, Sunday Times (2006) How could they have a house with pipes leading to a sewer system or to a water system ? WEB OF DREAMS (2001) In 1988 a 17th-century sewer tunnel was rediscovered. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During the shootout he escaped through a manhole, crawling through sewer tunnels before climbing out and stealing a car. Times, Sunday Times And if you didn't know the rest of your teammates before you begin the challenge, creeping through sewer tunnels and alleys in the dark will soon get you acquainted. The Sun Nick escapes the security guards chasing him through the sewer tunnels. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Several paintings had paint dripping off them because of the sewer water. Globe and Mail To promote the recycling of garbage and sewer water, agriculture in encouraged on the dumping grounds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Future plans call for increased use of treated sewer water as well as more desalination plants. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many municipalities are in the process of installing storage tunnels and high rate treatment facilities to store and treat the large volume of storm/sewer water during precipitation events. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 排污管 Japanese: 下水 |
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