单词 | sewage |
释义 | sewage (once / 3414 pages) n The waste water that flows down drains and through pipes from toilets and sinks is called sewage. There's nothing quite like smelling sewage on a hot summer day. Have you ever wondered where the soapy, dirty water from your washing machine goes after your clothes are clean? It flows down the drain into a pipe, and is carried with other sewage out to the street and your city's wastewater system, or into a private septic tank. Sewage comes from the now-obsolete verb sew, "to drain or draw off water." WORD FAMILYsewage: sewages USAGE EXAMPLESAnd they’re pushing their leaders to deny connection to the public sewage system the mosque would need. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) EPA Victoria publishes alerts on its website to help beachgoers around Port Phillip Bay avoid hazards like sewage spills and jellyfish. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) There’s hardly any sewage treatment in Haiti more than six years after the worst epidemic of cholera in recent history began here. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) n waste matter carried away in sewers or drains Syn|Hyper sewerage waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted |
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