| 单词 | grey water |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrey water grey water n. domestic waste water other than that from toilets, esp. considered as sufficiently lightly polluted to be suitable for recycling or reuse; cf. black water n. 1c. ΚΠ 1970 Pop. Sci. Aug. 99/1 The gray water from your home is comparatively harmless, needs little treatment, and can often be used for industrial purposes or for irrigation. 1992 Harrowsmith Oct. 106 Another system gathers and purifies rainwater, then recycles the greywater and converts solid waste into compost for the rooftop greenhouse. 2007 Wired Jan. 114/4 Wastewater from the process flows to a cistern, where it mixes with collected storm water and runoff. The resulting gray water is used for landscaping. < as lemmas |
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