sewer: [15] Etymologically, sewer denotes the ‘removal of water’. The word comes via Anglo- Norman sever from Vulgar Latin *exaquāria, a derivative of *exaquāre ‘remove water, drain’. This was a compound verb formed from Latin ex- ‘out’ and aqua ‘water’. The derivatives sewage [19] and sewerage [19] are both native English formations. => aquatic
sewer (n.1)
c. 1400, "conduit," from Anglo-French sewere, Old North French sewiere "sluice from a pond" (13c.), literally "something that makes water flow," from shortened form of Gallo-Roman *exaquaria (source of Middle French esseveur), from Latin ex- "out" (see ex-) + aquaria, fem. of aquarius "pertaining to water," from aqua "water" (see aqua-).
Specifically of underground channels for wastewater from c. 1600; figurative use of this is from 1640s.
sewer (n.2)
"one who sews," late 14c., agent noun from sew (v.).
实用例句
1. The pond stank like a sewer.
池塘像阴沟一样散发着恶臭。
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2. The stench from the sewer is indescribable.
下水道发出一股说不出的恶臭。
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3. They are tearing up the street to repair a sewer.
他们正挖开马路修下水道.
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4. Noxious gases had built up in the sewer.
下水道的有害气体越积越多.
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5. The sewer lines may then become clogged with inert materials.
