| 单词 | sewer-gas |
| 释义 | > as lemmassewer-gas sewer-gas n. atmospheric air mixed with gas formed by the decomposition of sewage. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > organic gases > [noun] > sewer-gas sewer-gas1849 sewer-air1859 the world > matter > gas > [noun] > fumes or vapour > noxious vapour or gas > other noxious vapours or gases sewer-gas1849 autogas1914 exhaust fumes1937 1849 in E. R. Pike Human Docs. Victorian Golden Age (1967) 276 These gases, which so many people are daily inhaling..are identically the same in nature with..sewer-gas. 1870 W. H. Corfield Treatm. Sewage 174 It would be difficult to imagine a more ingenious method for delivering sewer gases at high pressure into houses than the one above described. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 716/1 The corrosive action of sewer gas. < as lemmas |
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