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outfall

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++out·fall /ˈaʊtfɔːl/ noun [countable]  TBa place where water flows out, especially from a drain or river 排水口 a sewage outfall 排污口
Examples from the Corpus
outfallAs the peat shrank, the critical outfall of the river Ouse into the North Sea inevitably began to silt up.Father had the job, but when they built the new outfall on the other side of town we stayed on here.The pollution is exacerbated by the 90-year-old outfall pipe which has broken, in the past, in at least four places.Hug the left bank to the rack outfall then the right bank to second the outflow to avoid very shallow water.The research began after the discovery of hermaphrodite carp next to a large sewage outfall.Sewage outfall at Bourne End producing odd skimmers along with quality roach.Limpley Stoke sewer outfall producing bream., with some chub throughout.Jackie Whites for chub from the blockhouse, with one or two good roach bags around the outfall.
out·fall nounChineseSyllable
from out, place flows a water a especially drain or where Corpus


outfall
outfall /ˈaʊtfɔːl/ noun [countable]
a place where water flows out, especially from a drain or river:
    a sewage outfall


out·fallBrE /ˈaʊtfɔːl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈaʊtfɔːl/ 🔊 noun (specialist) the place where a river, pipe, etc. flows out into the sea (河流、管道等的)排放口,出水口;入海口;河口a sewage outfall污水排放口