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

• Used oil and the floating oil fished up from the sewers are now all called drainage oil.
  二手油和从地沟捞上来的浮油，现在都被称为地沟油。
• 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。
• 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 utility model is mainly suitable for areas without sewers or long-distance journeys.
  它主要适用于无下水道地区或长途旅行中。
• For example, most cities in low-and middle-income countries do not have sewers.
  例如，低收入和中等收入国家中的多数城市没有下水道。
• The taxes fund budgets for schools, police, fire stations, hospitals, garbage disposal, sewers, road and sidewalk maintenance, parks, libraries, and miscellaneous expenditures.
  为学校基金预算税收，警察，消防局，医院，垃圾处理，污水渠，道路和人行道维修，公园，图书馆，和杂项支出。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。