sewer

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

sewers

1.
A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
There was a blockage in the sewer after an item of clothing was flushed down the toilet.
2.
(historical)An official in charge of a princely household, also responsible for the ceremonial task of attending at dinners, seating the guests and serving dishes.
His nephew Charles, meanwhile, had grown up in the royal household, working as a sewer, or waiter.
3.
One who sews.
4.
A small tortricid moth, the larva of which sews together the edges of a leaf using silk.
the apple-leaf sewer, Ancylis nubeculana

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

sewers

V_ing/Gerund

sewering

V_ed/pp

sewered

1.
(transitive)To provide (a place) with a system of sewers.

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Đồng nghĩa

sempster

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine h₂ékʷeh₂ Inside an underground sewer (etymology 1)|thumb|right From Middle English sewer, seuer, from xno sewere water-course, from fro sewiere overflow channel for a fishpond, from la-vul drain for carrying water off, from la ex + aquāria (of or pertaining to waters) or from a root *exaquāre.