名詞 effluent:

1. water mixed with waste matter
   同義詞：wastewater, sewer water

形容詞 effluent:

1. that is flowing outward
   同義詞：outflowing

1. Dangerous effluent is being poured into our rivers.
   有害的廢水正流入我們的江河里。
2. A certain discharge of possible radioactive effluent.
   一定量的可能有放射性的廢水。
3. The chemical companies are poisoning our rivers with effluent.
   這些化學(xué)公司排出廢水污染著我們的河流。

ef.flu.ent

adj.（形容詞）
Flowing out or forth.
流出或溢出的
n.（名詞）
Something that flows out or forth, especially:
流出物：流出的物體，特別是
A stream flowing out of a body of water.
水流：從水體中流出的溪流
An outflow from a sewer or sewage system.
廢水：從排水管道中流出的物體
A discharge of liquid waste, as from a factory or nuclear plant.
廢物：廢水的排出，尤指從工廠或核電站排出的

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Latin effluôns effluent- [present participle of] effluere [to flow out]
源自 拉丁語 effluôns effluent- [] effluere的現(xiàn)在分詞 [流出]
ex- [ex-]
ex- [前綴，表.出.]
fluere [to flow] * see bhleu-
fluere [流] *參見 bhleu-