Sewer



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解释

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• n.排水沟, 下水道
• ［记］ 和缝纫者 ( sewer) 一样拼写

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French asseour, literally, seater, from Anglo-French asseer to seat — more at assize
• Date: 14th century
• a medieval household officer often of high rank in charge of serving the dishes at table and sometimes of seating and tasting

II. noun

• Date: 14th century
• one that sews

III. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from assewer, essiver to drain, from Vulgar Latin *exaquare, from Latin ex- + aqua water — more at island
• Date: 15th century
• an artificial usually subterranean conduit to carry off sewage and sometimes surface water (as from rainfall)

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