wastewater
🇺🇸 /ˈweɪˌstwɔtɜr/
📖 释义
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noun
废水; 污水; 工业废水
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adjective
废水的
🔗 详情
词形变化
不可数
常用搭配
wastewater treatmentwastewater treatment plantmunicipal wastewaterindustrial wastewaterwastewater managementwastewater disposalwastewater system
同义词
sewageeffluentsewage waterwaste water
反义词
freshwaterpotable water
易混淆词
sewage
EN: 'Sewage' refers specifically to the waste matter (solid and liquid) carried in water, while 'wastewater' refers to the water itself that has been used and contaminated.
zh: 'Sewage'(污水)特指在水中输送的废物(固体和液体),而'wastewater'(废水)则指已被使用并受到污染的水本身。
effluent
EN: 'Effluent' typically refers to wastewater that is discharged or flowing out from a treatment plant or industrial process, whereas 'wastewater' is the general term for any used water.
zh: 'Effluent'通常指从处理厂或工业过程中排放或流出的废水,而'wastewater'是任何使用过的水的统称。
拼写提示
EN: Can be written as 'wastewater' (one word), 'waste water' (two words), or 'waste-water' (hyphenated). The unhyphenated one-word form is now standard in technical and environmental writing.
zh: 可以写作'wastewater'(一个词)、'waste water'(两个词)或'waste-water'(带连字符)。不带连字符的单字形式现在在技术和环境写作中已成为标准。
💬 例句
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The city's wastewater treatment plant processes millions of gallons of sewage every day.
这座城市的污水处理厂每天处理数百万加仑的污水。
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Untreated wastewater from the factory was found to be polluting the nearby river.
工厂未经处理的废水被发现正在污染附近的河流。
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The chemical plant must comply with strict regulations regarding the disposal of its wastewater.
化工厂必须遵守有关废水排放的严格规定。
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The municipality invested heavily in upgrading its wastewater infrastructure to meet new environmental standards.
该市投入大量资金升级其废水基础设施,以满足新的环境标准。