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sewer 音标拼音: [s'uɚ] n. 下水道,阴沟,裁缝师
vt. 用下水道排,安下水道于 下水道,阴沟,裁缝师用下水道排,安下水道於 sewer n 1: a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water [ synonym: { sewer}, { sewerage}, { cloaca}] 2: someone who sews; " a sewer of fine gowns" 3: misfortune resulting in lost effort or money; " his career was in the gutter"; " all that work went down the sewer"; " pensions are in the toilet" [ synonym: { gutter}, { sewer}, { toilet}] Sewer \ Sew" er\, n. 1. One who sews, or stitches. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Zool.) A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple- leaf sewer ({ Phoxopteris nubeculana}) [ 1913 Webster]
Sewer \ Sew" er\, n. [ OF. sewiere, seuwiere, ultimately fr. L. ex out a derivative of aqua water; cf. OF. essevour a drain, essever, esseuwer, essiaver, to cause to flow, to drain, to flow, LL. exaquatorium a channel through which water runs off. Cf. { Ewer}, { Aquarium}.] A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities. [ 1913 Webster]
Sewer \ Sew" er\, n. [ Cf. OE. assewer, and asseour, OF. asseour, F. asseoir to seat, to set, L. assidere to sit by; ad sedere to sit ( cf. { Sit}); or cf. OE. sew pottage, sauce, boiled meat, AS. se[' a] w juice, Skr. su to press out.] Formerly, an upper servant, or household officer, who set on and removed the dishes at a feast, and who also brought water for the hands of the guests. [ 1913 Webster] Then the sewer Poured water from a great and golden ewer, That from their hands to a silver caldron ran. -- Chapman. [ 1913 Webster] 49 Moby Thesaurus words for " sewer": Singer, abri, antre, bog, bunker, burrow, cave, cavern, cesspool, cloaca, cloaca maxima, cove, drain, dugout, dump, foxhole, garbage dump, garmentmaker, grot, grotto, gutter, headchute, hole, kennel, lair, marsh, mire, needleman, needler, needlewoman, needleworker, piscina, quagmire, scupper, seamster, seamstress, sempster, septic tank, sewing machine, sink, sluice, sough, subterrane, subway, sump, swamp, tailor, tunnel, warren
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