sewage的意思

sewage

英式音标['sʊɪdʒ]
美式英标['suːɪdʒ]

基本解释

n. 污水；下水道；污物

中文词源

sewage 下水道污水，污物

来自 sew,排污，排水，-age,名词后缀。

英文词源

sewage (n.): 1818, from sew (v.) "to drain, draw off water" (late 15c., from sewer (n.1)) + -age.

实用例句

1. Sewage nutrients do increase algal growth in the harbour.: 污水中的营养物确实会加快港口的海藻生长。

2. It was many years before the city began to treat its sewage.: 很多年以后这个城市才开始处理污水。

3. Cities upstream use the river to get rid of sewage.: 上游的城市将污水排放到河里。

4. Discharge of raw sewage into the sea is unsanitary and unsafe.: 把未经处理的污水排放到海里既不卫生也不安全。

5. The sea is coated with a film of raw sewage.: 海面上漂浮着一层未经处理的污水。

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