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单词 effluent
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ef•fluent  (ef′lo̅o̅ ənt),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. flowing out or forth.

n. 
  1. something that flows out or forth;
    outflow;
    effluence.
  2. a stream flowing out of a lake, reservoir, etc.
  3. Building, Civil Engineeringsewage that has been treated in a septic tank or sewage treatment plant.
  4. Civil Engineeringsewage or other liquid waste that is discharged into a body of water, etc.
  • Latin effluent- (stem of effluēns flowing out, present participle of effluere), equivalent. to ef- ef- + flu- flow + -ent- -ent
  • 1720–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
effluent /ˈɛflʊənt/ n
  1. liquid discharged as waste, as from an industrial plant or sewage works
  2. radioactive waste released from a nuclear power station
  3. a stream that flows out of another body of water
  4. something that flows out or forth
 adj
  1. flowing out or forth
Etymology: 18th Century: from Latin effluere to run forth, from fluere to flow
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