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effluent

/ˈɛfluənt/ 名词 C2

中文: 废水、污水、脏水

  1. A stream that flows out, such as from a lake or reservoir; an outflow; effluence. (countable) · The landscape was dotted with reservoirs and many many effluent streams.
  2. Sewage or waste water discharged into a natural body of water. (uncountable) · Residents have little control over the industrial effluent that pollutes their rivers.

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The River Thames, long treated as a convenient repository for the untreated effluent of over two million residents, was rapidly transformed into a sluggish, putrid canal.
《The Great Stink and the Engineering of a Modern Metropolis》,第1页 · C2

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