ef·fluent
noun/ˈefluənt/
/ˈefluənt/
[uncountable, countable] (formal)- liquid waste, especially chemicals produced by factories, or sewage
流出物，流出液（尤指工厂排出的化学废料） Oxford Collocations DictionaryEffluent is used after these nouns:- sewage
Word Originlate Middle English (in the adjective sense ‘flowing out’): from Latin effluent- ‘flowing out’, from the verb effluere ‘flow out’, from ex- ‘out’ + fluere ‘to flow’. The noun dates from the mid 19th cent.
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- drain
- dump
- effluent
- exhaust
- fly-tip
- incinerator
- landfill
- rubbish
- sewage
- waste