used water and waste substances that are produced by human bodies, that are carried away from houses and factories through special pipes (= sewers) (下水道的)污水,污物 a ban on the dumping of raw sewage (= that has not been treated with chemicals) at sea 禁止把未经处理的污水排入海中 sewage disposal 污水处理
Extra ExamplesSewage should be treated in a proper disposal system. 污水应通过合适的处理系统进行处理。 a sewage treatment plant 污水处理厂
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- raw
- untreated
- treated
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- discharge
- dump
- pump
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- disposal
- treatment
- farm
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Word Originmid 19th cent.: from sewer, by substitution of the suffix -age.