sewer
英 ['su??; 'sju??]
美 ['su?]
- n. 下水道；陰溝；裁縫師
- vt. 為…鋪設污水管道；用下水道排除…的污水
- vi. 清洗污水管
助記提示
1. 諧音“疏哦、疏爾、餿哦”-----疏導污水哦、疏導餿水哦。
2. ewer => sewer.
3. ex- => es- => s- + ewer (大口水壺, 其本義就是“水”) => sewer "removal of water, something that makes water out".
4. 由此可以看出，ewer 與 sewer 是同源詞，他們都源于拉丁語 aqua "water" (aquaria, fem. of aquarius "pertaining to water")，只是在進入法語后，在漫長的演化過程，被改得面目全非，最終就變成了今天的樣子，而英語就是從法語中引入的，如果英語直接從拉丁語中引入的話，就應該是這樣的：ewer => aquary, sewer => exaquary.
中文詞源
sewer 下水道，陰溝來自古諾斯法語 sewiere,水閘，出水口，來自 Gallo-Roman*exaquaria,出水口，來自拉丁語 ex-,向外，出，aqua,水，詞源同 aquarium,水族管。后詞義專用化指下水道，陰溝。
英文詞源
- 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.).
雙語例句
- 1. The pond stank like a sewer.
- 池塘像陰溝一樣散發著惡臭。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The stench from the sewer is indescribable.
- 下水道發出一股說不出的惡臭。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. They are tearing up the street to repair a sewer.
- 他們正挖開馬路修下水道.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Noxious gases had built up in the sewer.
- 下水道的有害氣體越積越多.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The sewer lines may then become clogged with inert materials.
- 廢水管路可能被這種惰性物質堵塞.
來自辭典例句