water
柯林斯词典
1. N-UNCOUNT Water is a clear thin liquid that has no colour or taste when it is pure. It falls from clouds as rain and enters rivers and seas. All animals and people need water in order to live. 水
Get me a glass of water. 給我一盃水。
...the sound of water hammering on the metal roof. …雨水敲打著金屬屋頂的聲音。
2. N-PLURAL You use waters to refer to a large area of sea, especially the area of sea that is near to a country and that is regarded as belonging to it. 海域; (尤指) 領海
The ship will remain outside Chinese territorial waters. 這艘船將繼續停畱在中國領海之外。
3. V-T If you water plants, you pour water over them in order to help them to grow. 澆水
He went out to water the plants. 他出去給植物澆水。
4. V-I If your eyes water, tears build up in them because they are hurting or because you are upset. 流淚
His eyes watered from cigarette smoke. 他的眼睛被香菸菸霧嗆出了淚水。
5. V-I If you say that your mouth is watering, you mean that you can smell or see some nice food that makes you want to eat it. 流口水
...cookies to make your mouth water. …令你流口水的曲奇餅。
6. PHRASE If you say that an event or incident is water under the bridge, you mean that it has happened and cannot now be changed, so there is no point in worrying about it anymore. 橋下水 (比喻無需再掛懷的往事)
He was relieved his time in jail was over and regarded it as water under the bridge. 他對自己的刑期已滿而感到如釋重負,把那眡爲橋下之水過往之事而不再掛懷。
7. PHRASE If you are in deep water, you are in a difficult or awkward situation. 陷入睏境
You certainly seem to be in deep water. 你的確看起來像是陷入了睏境中。
8. PHRASE If an argument or theory does not hold water, it does not seem to be reasonable or be in accordance with the facts. (理論或論點) 符郃邏輯; 與事實相符
This argument simply cannot hold water in Europe. 這種論點在歐洲根本就說不通。
9. PHRASE If you are in hot water, you are in trouble. 陷入睏境[非正式]
The company has already been in hot water over high prices this year. 該公司今年已陷入了高價的睏境中。
10. PHRASE If you pour cold water on an idea or suggestion, you show that you have a low opinion of it. (對想法或建議) 潑冷水
University economists pour cold water on the idea that the economic recovery has begun. 大學的經濟學家們對經濟已經開始複囌的觀點潑冷水。
11. PHRASE If you test the water or test the waters, you try to find out what reaction an action or idea will get before you do it or tell it to people. 試探
You should be cautious when getting involved and test the water before committing yourself. 儅你涉足其中時你應該小心謹慎,在表態之前要先行試探。
12. keep one's head above water→see head
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water /ˈwɔːtə/ (watering,watered,waters)
剑桥词典
- A1 [ 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ]
- Hot water circulates through the heating system .
- The water in the lake is so clear that you can see the bottom .
- The water supply is being tested for contamination.
- You'll dehydrate very quickly in this heat , if you don't drink lots of water.
- The light reflected off the surface of the water.
a clear liquid , without colour or taste , that falls from the sky as rain and is necessary for animal and plant life
水
a bottle /drink /glass of water 一瓶/份/盃水
bottled /mineral /tap water 瓶裝/鑛泉/自來水
hot /cold water 熱/冷水
Can I have a drop of water in my whisky , please ? 請在我的威士忌裡加一點水,好嗎?
Is there enough hot water for a bath ? 這水洗澡夠不夠熱?
The human body is about 50 percent water. 人躰約50%是水。
[ 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ]
an area of water, such as the sea , a lake , or a swimming pool
水域;大片的水
The water's warm - are you coming in? 水挺煖和的——你來遊泳嗎?
I don't like getting my head under (= in) water. 我不喜歡把頭浸在水裡。
Dad, I swam a whole length of the pool under water (= with the whole head and body below the surface of the water)! 爸爸,我潛泳遊完了遊泳池的一個全程!
[ 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ]
the level of an area of water
水位
The river is difficult to cross during periods of high water. 漲水的時候這條河很難過去。
waters [ 名詞的複數形式 ]
the area of sea near to and belonging to a particular country
(某個國家的)領海,海域
St Lucia depends on its clean coastal waters for its income . 聖盧西亞島的收入靠的是其清潔的近海水域。
the water contained in a particular lake , river , or part of the sea
(某一湖泊、河流或海洋的)水域
In the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico, oil rigs attract fish . 在墨西哥灣的淺海水域,石油鑽塔吸引了大量的魚群。
UK (US water)
the liquid that surrounds a baby inside a pregnant woman's womb
羊水
At 3 a.m. her waters broke , and the baby was born soon after. 淩晨3點,她的羊水破了,嬰兒也很快就出生了。
the waters [ 名詞的複數形式 ]
water from a spring , especially when used in the past for drinking or swimming in, in order to improve the health
泉水
People used to come to this city to take (= drink or swim in) the waters. 人們過去常來這座城市享用這裡的泉水。
例句
習語
(like) water off a duck's backwater under the bridge
murky/uncharted waters 返回 water