Word · Frequency #13395
wastewater
废水；污水
核心释义
water mixed with waste matter
- 1.
经人类生活或工业活动使用后含有废物的水。
Any water that has been used in some human domestic or industrial activity and, as a result, now contains waste products.
经人类生活或工业活动使用后含有废物的水。；废水
用法In use
The factory treats its wastewater before releasing it into the river.
用法提示：wastewater 为名词，指工厂处理后再排放的废水。
Wastewater from households can be recycled for irrigation.
用法提示：wastewater 为名词，在句中作主语，指来自家庭的废水。
The city is building a new plant to clean wastewater.
用法提示：wastewater 为名词，作 clean 的宾语，指待净化的废水。
wastewater from [source]
用 from 说明废水来源，常见于环保话题。
Wastewater from the factory is treated before it enters the river.
来自工厂的废水在排入河流之前经过处理。
wastewater + noun
wastewater 可直接修饰名词，如 treatment plant（处理厂）。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- wastewater treatment
- 废水处理
- The city invested millions in wastewater treatment.该市投资数百万用于废水处理。
- wastewater treatment plant
- 污水处理厂
- The wastewater treatment plant serves the entire region.这家污水处理厂服务于整个地区。
- industrial wastewater
- 工业废水
- Factories must treat industrial wastewater before releasing it.工厂必须在排放前处理工业废水。
- untreated wastewater
- 未经处理的废水
- Untreated wastewater can contaminate drinking water.未经处理的废水会污染饮用水。
- wastewater discharge
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆：waste（废弃）+ water（水）拼成 wastewater，想象洗过东西后倒掉的脏水，即废水。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：environmental engineering、municipal wastewater treatment、environmental reporting wastewater 多用于工程、环保等正式或技术性语境；日常口语中不常用，常以 sewage 或 dirty water 代替。该词本身语气中性，但在非正式交谈中显得生硬。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
water、freshwater、saltwater、groundwater 都以 /wɔːtə/ 结尾，与 wastewater 的末尾读音一致（但 wastewater 的重音在 waste- 上）。waterfall 拼写中也有 water，但后面还有 /fɔːl/，所以不押韵。waste 只与开头的 /weɪst/ 发音相同，不是整词韵脚。
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