Word · Frequency #9600
sewer
下水道
核心释义
a pipe or channel for carrying away waste water and sewage
- 1.
用于清除人类废物和排水的管道或沟渠,或管道系统。
A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
- 2.
缝纫者。
One who sews.
- 3.
排放污水或地表水的管道
a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
- 4.
一种小型卷叶蛾,其幼虫用丝将叶片边缘缝合在一起。
A small tortricid moth, the larva of which sews together the edges of a leaf using silk.
- 5.
缝纫的人
someone who sews
- 6.
导致努力或金钱损失的不幸
misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
缝纫者；卷叶蛾；徒劳；用于清除人类废物和排水的管道或沟渠,或管道系统。；缝纫者。
用法In use
The city's sewer system is old and needs repair.
用法提示：sewer作为名词，指地下排水管道系统
Rats often live in the sewers.
用法提示：sewer的复数形式sewers，指地下排水管道
Rainwater flows into the sewer through drains.
用法提示：sewer作为名词，表示收集废水的管道
a sewer of fine gowns
all that work went down the sewer
the ~
通常使用定冠词the特指某个下水道。
The sewer overflowed after the heavy rain.
暴雨后下水道溢水了。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- sewer system
- 下水道系统
- The city is upgrading its old sewer system.该市正在升级其旧的下水道系统。
- sewer pipe
- 污水管
- A tree root had grown into the sewer pipe.树根长进了污水管。
- sewer line
- 污水管道
- The main sewer line was blocked with debris.主污水管道被杂物堵塞了。
- storm sewer
- 雨水下水道
- Storm sewers help prevent flooding during heavy rain.雨水下水道有助于防止大雨期间的内涝。
- sanitary sewer
- 卫生下水道
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象缝纫者（sewer）掉进下水道（sewer），缝纫的人和下水道同形，记住两者。
语境与语域Context & Register
通常用于描述城市排水系统或家庭管道，语体中性，多见于技术文档或日常维修对话。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like brewer, chewer, doer, suer rhyme with /suɚ/ because they share the /uɚ/ ending. Beware of lookalikes like viewer (/ˈvjuɚ/) and skewer (/ˈskjuɚ/) which have an added /j/ glide before the vowel.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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