sewer

英 ['suːə; 'sjuːə] 美 ['suɚ]
  • n. 下水道;阴沟;裁缝师
  • vt. 为…铺设污水管道;用下水道排除…的污水
  • vi. 清洗污水管

助记提示


1. 谐音“疏哦、疏尔、馊哦”-----疏导污水哦、疏导馊水哦。
2. ewer => sewer.
3. ex- => es- => s- + ewer (大口水壶, 其本义就是“水”) => sewer "removal of water, something that makes water out".
4. 由此可以看出,ewer 与 sewer 是同源词,他们都源于拉丁语 aqua "water" (aquaria, fem. of aquarius "pertaining to water"),只是在进入法语后,在漫长的演化过程,被改得面目全非,最终就变成了今天的样子,而英语就是从法语中引入的,如果英语直接从拉丁语中引入的话,就应该是这样的:ewer => aquary, sewer => exaquary.

中文词源


sewer 下水道,阴沟

来自古诺斯法语 sewiere,水闸,出水口,来自 Gallo-Roman*exaquaria,出水口,来自拉丁语 ex-,向外,出,aqua,水,词源同 aquarium,水族管。后词义专用化指下水道,阴沟。

英文词源


sewer
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.).

双语例句


1. The pond stank like a sewer.
池塘像阴沟一样散发着恶臭。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The stench from the sewer is indescribable.
下水道发出一股说不出的恶臭。

来自柯林斯例句

3. They are tearing up the street to repair a sewer.
他们正挖开马路修下水道.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Noxious gases had built up in the sewer.
下水道的有害气体越积越多.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. The sewer lines may then become clogged with inert materials.
废水管路可能被这种惰性物质堵塞.

来自辞典例句

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