water

['wɔ:tə]

n.水, 海域, 雨水, 海水
v.给 ... 浇水, 给 ... 供水, 加水稀释, 充满眼泪, 给...水喝

例句与用法：

The smoke made my eyes water.

烟使我的眼睛流泪。

Water is changed into steam by heat and into ice by cold.

水加热则成为蒸汽，冷却则成为冰。

词形变化：

名词: waterer | 动词过去式: watered | 动词过去分词: watered | 动词现在分词: watering | 动词第三人称单数: waters |

详细释义：

n.

1. 水[U]

Fish live in water.

鱼生活在水中。

2. (江、湖、海等的)水体; 大片的水[P1]

Those plants can grow only in deep waters.

那些植物只能在深水中生长。

3. 水位, 潮位[U]

4. (生物体内的)流体, 分泌液; 尿; 泪[U]

5. (国家的)海域, 领海[P]

The ship was in European waters.

船在欧洲水域航行。

6. 【商】(超过实际资产的)估值(或股额); 虚股

vt.

1. 给……浇水, 灌溉

The flowers need watering.

这些花需要浇浇水。

2. 给……水; 给……供水

This village is watered by deep wells.

这个村庄靠深井供水。

3. 搀水冲淡, 加水稀释

The milk they sold was watered.

他们卖的牛奶是搀了水的。

vi.

1. 流泪; 流口水

The child's mouth watered for chocolate.

那孩子因想吃巧克力而淌口水。

The smoke made my eyes water.

烟把我的眼泪都熏出来了。

2. (船等)加水

3. (动物)饮水

短语词组：

throw cold water on

1. 浇冷水

Don't allow them to throw cold water on you.

别让他们打击你的士气。

water down

1. 在……中搀水

The whisky has been watered down.

这威士忌被搀水了。

by water

1. 走水路

Let's go by water this time.

我们这次坐船去吧!

fish in troubled waters

1. 混水摸鱼

He was fishing in troubled waters.

他在混水摸鱼。

hold water

1. 合情合理

I'm sorry, but your story just doesn't hold water.

真抱歉, 可是你的话不合情理。

in deep water(s)

1. 陷入困境中的

It was easy at first, but we're in deep water now.

起先很容易, 但现在我们陷入了困境。

in low water

1. 拮据

He was in very low water when I saw him last week.

上星期我见到他时他手头正紧。

like water

1. 大量地

The wine flowed like water at their party.

他们在宴会上喝酒如流水。

of the first water

1. 第一流的

She is a scientist of the first water.

她是第一流的科学家。

on the water

1. 在船上

Let's go on the water this afternoon.

今天下午我们去划船吧。

Still waters run deep.

1. 静水流深。