1 N-UNCOUNT 水;雨水 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;雨水
2 N-PLURAL 海域;(尤指)领海 You use waters to refer to a large area of sea, especially the area of sea which is near to a country and which is regarded as belonging to it. 海域;(尤指)领海
SYN sea, main, waves, ocean
3 N-PLURAL [adjective NOUN] 困境 You sometimes use waters to refer to a situation which is very complex or difficult. 困境
4 VERB 给(植物)浇水 If you water plants, you pour water over them in order to help them to grow. 给(植物)浇水
5 VERB 流泪 If your eyes water, tears build up in them because they are hurting or because you are upset. 流泪
6 VERB 流口水 If you say that your mouth is watering, you mean that you can smell or see some nice food and you might mean that your mouth is producing a liquid. 流口水
8 PHR-ERG (孕妇)羊水破裂;(医生或接生员)给(孕妇)破羊水 When a pregnant woman's waters break, the fluid in her womb that surrounds the baby passes out of her body, showing that the baby is ready to be born. A doctor or midwife can break a woman's waters so that the birth can begin. (孕妇)羊水破裂;(医生或接生员)给(孕妇)破羊水
9 PHRASE 泼出之水;不可改变的既成事实;无法挽回的过去 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 any more. 泼出之水;不可改变的既成事实;无法挽回的过去
10 PHRASE 陷入困境;处境尴尬 If you are in deep water, you are in a difficult or awkward situation. 陷入困境;处境尴尬
11 PHRASE (论点或理论)符合逻辑,站得住脚,经得起考验 If an argument or theory does not hold water, it does not seem to be reasonable or be in accordance with the facts. (论点或理论)符合逻辑,站得住脚,经得起考验
SYN be sound, work, stand up, be convincing
12 PHRASE 陷于困境;遇到麻烦 If you are in hot water, you are in trouble. 陷于困境;遇到麻烦 [informal]
SYN in trouble, in a mess
13 PHRASE 给(想法或建议)泼冷水 If you pour cold water on an idea or suggestion, you show that you have a low opinion of it. 给(想法或建议)泼冷水
14 PHRASE 试探 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. 试探
15 like water off a duck's back→see: duck to take to something like a duck to water→see: duck like a fish out of water→see: fish to keep your head above water→see: head to pour oil on troubled waters→see: oil
Phrasal verbs: - water down
Quotations
Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, every where.
Nor any drop to drink. Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Ancient Mariner
Water taken in moderation cannot hurt anybody Mark Twain Notebook
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