Word · Frequency #9600
sewer
下水道
a pipe or channel for carrying away waste water and sewage
- 1.
A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
用于清除人类废物和排水的管道或沟渠,或管道系统。
- 2.
One who sews.
缝纫者。
- 3.
a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
排放污水或地表水的管道
- 4.
A small tortricid moth, the larva of which sews together the edges of a leaf using silk.
一种小型卷叶蛾,其幼虫用丝将叶片边缘缝合在一起。
- 5.
someone who sews
缝纫的人
- 6.
misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
导致努力或金钱损失的不幸
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。
In use
The city's sewer system is old and needs repair.
Rats often live in the sewers.
Rainwater flows into the sewer through drains.
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。
in the ~
表示位置，介词in后接the sewer。
Waste water flows into the sewer.
废水流入下水道。
Connections
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
- Sanitary sewers carry waste from homes to treatment plants.卫生下水道将家庭废水输送到处理厂。
- sewer overflow
Learner notes
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。
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。
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.
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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