effluent
🇬🇧 UK/'efluənt/🇺🇸 US/'efluәnt/
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Definitions
n.
Liquid waste or sewage discharged into a river or the sea; a stream flowing out from a larger body of water.
(排入河流或海洋的)废水,污水;流出的水流
adj.
Flowing outward.
流出的,外流的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedExample Sentences
- 1.
The factory's effluent was polluting the river and destroying aquatic ecosystems.
- 2.
Environmental regulations require plants to treat effluent before discharging it.