释义 |
fatberg in British English (ˈfætbɜːɡ) nouna large mass of fat and waste material in a sewerage system Word origin C21: from fat + ( ice) bergExamples of 'fatberg' in a sentencefatberg We've looked at melting points of common fats in the fatberg.One other modern trend has been crucial for the fatberg epidemic.This fatberg is not in the same league.Fatberg is a huge mass that forms in a sewer.Meanwhile, the unspeakable work of clearing the fatberg from the sewer continues.Nearly 90 per cent of the fatberg is cooking oil.Some of the fatberg is washed down the tunnels and is dealt with at the sewage treatment works.Judged in those terms, in fact, this is little more than the tip of the fatberg.So hats off to the fatberg - a breath of not-so-fresh air in the frequently stuffy world of museology. |