| 释义 |
▪ I. ˈsewery, n. rare.
[f. sewer n.2 + -y.]
The office or apartment used by a sewer.
1851Turner Dom. Archit. I. 68 In household rolls of the thirteenth century the daily expenditure is almost always classed under the following heads; 1. The amount of bread, wine and beer supplied from the sewery and butlery.
▪ II. ˈsewery, a.
[f. sewer n.1 + -y1.]
Characteristic of sewers.
1851Mayhew Lond. Labour II. 390 The Fleet Ditch seems always to have had a sewery character. 1896Punch 1 Dec. 257/1 Some thought them [the smells] like Eau-de-Cologne, whilst their foes Denounced them as sickly and sewery. |