单词 | effluent |
释义 | effluentadj.n. A. adj. That flows forth or outwards. ΘΚΠ 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. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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). < adj.n.1726 |
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