effluent
/ˈeflʊənt/noun
mass noun
- liquid waste or sewage discharged into a river or the sea废水, 污水：
industrial effluent
工业废水
count noun contamination with trade effluents.工业废水的污染。
词源
late Middle English （in the adjective sense 'flowing out'）： from Latin effluent- 'flowing out', from the verb effluere （see EFFLUENCE）. The noun dates from the mid 19th cent.