sewers

英 [ˈsəʊəz]

美 [ˈsuərz]

n.  污水管; 下水道; 阴沟
sewer的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 污水管;下水道;阴沟
  Aseweris a large underground channel that carries waste matter and rain water away, usually to a place where it is treated and made harmless.
  1. ...the city's sewer system.
     城市排水系统
  2. ...open sewers.
     裸露的下水道

双语例句

• A few of us made it out to the sewers.
  只有少数人从下水道里出来了。
• Once a year they have to flush the city's sewers.
  他们得每年一次冲洗市内的下水道。
• A system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage.
  运送液体和固体的污水的系统。
• We've turned sparkling rivers into stinking sewers.
  我们已把晶莹的河流变成了臭水沟。
• Four turtles* four brothers, genetically reborn in the sewers of New York.
  四只神龟，四个兄弟。因为基因突变，在纽约的下水道里获得重生。
• To prevent access to sewers, flood discharge trench so limited room for maneuver.
  防止进入下水道、排洪沟等限制空间。
• They put in sewers around the residential districts.
  他们在住宅区周围修建了下水道。
• The sewers collected sewage and storm runoff and discharged it, untreated, into the harbour.
  污水和暴雨径流汇入下水道后被直接排入海港。
• In 1997, 729 house owners responded and connected their premises to the new sewers.
  在一九九七年，有729名业主作出回应，把他们的处所的污水接驳至新的污水渠。
• Engineers build huge storm pipes or sewers to carry the storm water away, but these cause another problem.
  工程师们建造了巨大的雨水管或下水道来把暴雨雨水排出去，但是这些设施会引起另一个问题。