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

• Rats infesting the sewers; streets that were infested with drugs.
  老鼠大量出没于下水道；大街上毒品泛滥。
• The buildings are made of burnt brick, with an elaborate system of sewers and wells.
  这些建筑物是用烧成的砖砌成的，有着精心建造的下水道和水井。
• 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。
• 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。
• The sewers discharge out at sea.
  下水道的污水排入海里。
• Subterranean works beneath the tower include the Jubilee line station, an underground car park and sewers.
  钟楼下方的地下施工包括银禧线地铁站台，还有一个地下停车场和部分下水道工程。
• You know the alligators that live in the sewers?
  你知道有鳄鱼生活在下水道吗？
• They put in sewers around the residential districts.
  他们在住宅区周围修建了下水道。
• 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。
• It was in the sewers of Paris that Jean Valjean found himself.
  冉阿让就处于巴黎的下水道中。