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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-derived
efout of, former
+
fluflow
+
entperforming, being in a state
=effluent

Example 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.

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