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

• You know the alligators that live in the sewers?
  你知道有鳄鱼生活在下水道吗？
• 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。
• They are laying new sewers along the road.
  他们正在沿路敷设新的排水管道。
• 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。
• 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。
• They put in sewers around the residential districts.
  他们在住宅区周围修建了下水道。
• A system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage.
  运送液体和固体的污水的系统。
• In fact, the meeting was all about sewers and streets.
  事实上，那次会议全是关于下水道和街道的问题。
• Other infrastructure, such as power and water networks and sewers, are also being upgraded particularly those that serve Olympic facilities.
  电力、水网和排水等其它基础设施也在升级过程中，特别是那些为奥运设施服务的部分更是如此。
• 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。