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

• 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。
• Is there still a way into the sewers, do you know?
  你知道还有没有路可以进到下水道去？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They are laying new sewers along the road.
  他们正在沿路敷设新的排水管道。
• 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。