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单词 effluent
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effluentadj.n.

/ˈɛfl(j)uːənt/
Etymology: < Latin effluent-em present participle of effluĕre to flow out, < ex out + fluĕre to flow.
A. adj.
That flows forth or outwards.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [adjective] > copiously or continuously
outflowingOE
wellingc1400
outgushing1569
overflown1579
profluous1585
outstreaming1598
spewing1616
effluxivea1657
effluxing1674
effluenced1691
effluent1726
effusive1726
outwelling1736
profluent1737
outpouring1808
pumping1812
gushing1815
founting1827
flowing1867
fountaining1883
the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [adjective] > out or forth
profluent1667
effluent1726
effusive1726
excurrent1826
outrunning1894
1726 A. Monro Anat. Nerves (1741) 21 Arterious or effluent.
1738 tr. J. Jurin in J. Keill Ess. Animal Oecon. (ed. 4) 90 The Motion of the effluent Water will be alike in both cases.
1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 23 590 The pure, hot, effluent gravy of your steak.
1880 Daily News 9 Jan. An effluent drain into the Thames.
figurative.1803 Monthly Mag. 15 151 The Acts of Peter form a..narrative, so widely different in character from the Acts of Paul, that it is hardly possible to conceive them effluent from the same pen.1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 200 Born Of effluent or influent Deity.
B. n.
Thesaurus »
a. A stream flowing from a larger stream, lake, or reservoir.
b. The outflow from a sewage tank, or from land after irrigation or earth-filtration of sewage.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun] > dirt removed in cleaning > sewage > effluent
effluent1860
waste1886
1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 237 Geographers will doubt that such a mass..can maintain its level without an effluent.
1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 344 This old hatch..is situate..on the effluent.
1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Oct. 4/1 The clear effluent has been drawn off from each tank.
c. Waste discharged from an industrial works.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun] > dirt removed in cleaning > trade effluent
trade effluent1886
trade waste1894
trades waste1895
white water1901
effluent1930
1930 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 140 159 A The effluent is very clear..and is not harmful to human or fish life.
1959 Listener 8 Jan. 48/2 The nuisances of smoke and factory effluent.
1969 E. W. Morse Fur Trade Canoe Routes ii. vi. 85 This is the result of industrial effluent from the two paper mills.
d. Radioactive waste discharged from an atomic plant.
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1955 Rep. U.K. Atomic Energy Auth. I. ix. 24 The Authority are required to analyse samples of all liquid effluent discharged.

Derivatives

ˈeffluentness n. rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1772 in J. N. Scott Bailey's Dict. (Ash).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1726
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