sewage是什么意思
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中文词源
sewage 下水道污水，污物
来自 sew,排污，排水，-age,名词后缀。
英文词源
- sewage (n.)
- 1818, from sew (v.) "to drain, draw off water" (late 15c., from sewer (n.1)) + -age.
中文解释
1. 这是反向构词而得。2. sewer => sewerage => sewage.3. sew 曾经也有表示“排污水”之意，这就是由sewer反向构词而形成的含义，只不过这个含义后来消失了。实用例句
- 1. Sewage nutrients do increase algal growth in the harbour.
- 污水中的营养物确实会加快港口的海藻生长。来自柯林斯例句
- 2. It was many years before the city began to treat its sewage.
- 很多年以后这个城市才开始处理污水。来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Cities upstream use the river to get rid of sewage.
- 上游的城市将污水排放到河里。来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Discharge of raw sewage into the sea is unsanitary and unsafe.
- 把未经处理的污水排放到海里既不卫生也不安全。来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The sea is coated with a film of raw sewage.
- 海面上漂浮着一层未经处理的污水。来自柯林斯例句
