1. make water : 小便, 漏水;
2. hold water : 站得住脚;
3. on the water : 在水上, 在船上;
4. in smooth water : 处于顺境中;
5. in low water : 拮据;
6. water down : 搀水, 加水冲淡;
7. in deep water(s) : 陷入困境;
8. like water : ad. 无节制地;
9. above water : 脱离困境, 摆脱麻烦;
10. like water off a duck's back : 毫无作用;
及物动词
不及物动词
名词
要求提供服务
朋友请客
Talking about Apartment-(谈论公寓)
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 困境
You sometimes use waters to refer to a situation which is very complex or difficult.
4. 给(植物)浇水
If you water plants, you pour water over them in order to help them to grow.
5. 流泪
If your eyes water, tears build up in them because they are hurting or because you are upset.
6. 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.
7. (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.
8. 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.
9. 陷入困境;处境尴尬
If you are in deep water, you are in a difficult or awkward situation.
10. (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.
11. 陷于困境;遇到麻烦
If you are in hot water, you are in trouble.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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
相关词组:water down
1. a facility that provides a source of water
e.g. the town debated the purification of the water supply
first you have to cut off the water
Synonym: water systemwater supply
2. a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants
e.g. he asked for a drink of water
3. the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
e.g. they invaded our territorial waters
they were sitting by the water's edge
Synonym: body of water
4. binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid
freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade
widely used as a solvent
Synonym: H2O
5. once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
6. liquid excretory product
e.g. there was blood in his urine
the child had to make water