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单词 storm drain
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Definition of storm drain in English:

storm drain

noun
  • A drain built to carry away excess water in times of heavy rain.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Rainwater soaks back into the soil naturally in a woodlot but runs off a parking lot and must be captured in a storm sewer.
    • Two armed bandits who robbed a San Fernando businessman of $21,700 in cash and jewelry used a storm drain as their escape route yesterday.
    • Construction workers building houses on the site near Bingley uncovered the hand grenade in a storm drain.
    • In this case, run off from the roof drains went into the storm drain and out into Parkside Creek.
    • According to a 1995 study, one in 25 people who swam near a storm drain came down with a gastro-intestinal illness.
    • As a consequence, less water runs straight to storm sewers over-taxed by heavy rains.
    • Rain turned the dirt to mud, clogging a storm drain and allowing water to pool in the road.
    • The work will include paved shoulder bike lanes, street lighting and an enclosed storm drain will be constructed on the south side.
    • They replaced the water main only to damage the storm sewer.
    • The roadworks were needed because a short section of the reconstructed carriageway had subsided near a storm drain.
    • Together they laid French drains - gravel and perforated pipe - and hooked them into the storm sewer.
    • Whereas rainwater falling on a regular roof quickly flows off the roof and into a storm sewer, much of the rain falling on a green roof is absorbed by its plants and soil to later evaporate or transpire back into the air as water vapor.
    • Does the Department of Streets and Sanitation handle a litter-clogged storm drain or is it the Department of Water Management?
    • Work started on a storm drain along Dongtan Beach months and months ago.
    • Rainwater slowly seeps into the soil, replenishing the groundwater supply, instead of disappearing down the nearest storm drain.
    • A restaurant dumps its waste grease down a storm drain.
    • There's a huge storm drain near where I live, and when I was a kid we'd go off adventuring in it.
    • A further problem is that the main storm drain, which enters the Barrow at the bridge, is sometimes contaminated with raw sewage.
    • The duckling, christened Lucky, was waddling down Cyprus Road behind its mother with its nine brothers and sisters when it toppled over and fell into a storm drain.
    • The town will also extend the storm sewer on the street.
 
 

Definition of storm drain in US English:

storm drain

nounˈstôrm ˌdrān
  • A drain built to carry away excess water in times of heavy rain.

    Also called storm sewer
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In this case, run off from the roof drains went into the storm drain and out into Parkside Creek.
    • Construction workers building houses on the site near Bingley uncovered the hand grenade in a storm drain.
    • Whereas rainwater falling on a regular roof quickly flows off the roof and into a storm sewer, much of the rain falling on a green roof is absorbed by its plants and soil to later evaporate or transpire back into the air as water vapor.
    • Work started on a storm drain along Dongtan Beach months and months ago.
    • They replaced the water main only to damage the storm sewer.
    • Rainwater slowly seeps into the soil, replenishing the groundwater supply, instead of disappearing down the nearest storm drain.
    • The town will also extend the storm sewer on the street.
    • As a consequence, less water runs straight to storm sewers over-taxed by heavy rains.
    • The work will include paved shoulder bike lanes, street lighting and an enclosed storm drain will be constructed on the south side.
    • The roadworks were needed because a short section of the reconstructed carriageway had subsided near a storm drain.
    • The duckling, christened Lucky, was waddling down Cyprus Road behind its mother with its nine brothers and sisters when it toppled over and fell into a storm drain.
    • A restaurant dumps its waste grease down a storm drain.
    • Two armed bandits who robbed a San Fernando businessman of $21,700 in cash and jewelry used a storm drain as their escape route yesterday.
    • There's a huge storm drain near where I live, and when I was a kid we'd go off adventuring in it.
    • Rain turned the dirt to mud, clogging a storm drain and allowing water to pool in the road.
    • Rainwater soaks back into the soil naturally in a woodlot but runs off a parking lot and must be captured in a storm sewer.
    • Together they laid French drains - gravel and perforated pipe - and hooked them into the storm sewer.
    • According to a 1995 study, one in 25 people who swam near a storm drain came down with a gastro-intestinal illness.
    • Does the Department of Streets and Sanitation handle a litter-clogged storm drain or is it the Department of Water Management?
    • A further problem is that the main storm drain, which enters the Barrow at the bridge, is sometimes contaminated with raw sewage.
 
 
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