water
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。
习惯用语a cup of cold water1.■施舍的象征A lot of [Much] water has flown[run] under the bridge since.1.■自从那时起, 已经过了许多时间。above water1.■在水面上的2.■脱离困境的Allwaterruns to his mill.1.■他凡事顺利(指运气好, 无往不利)。as unstable as water1.■象水一样不稳定, 变化无常as weak as water1.■身体非常虚弱; 意志薄弱, 性格懦弱back water1.■倒划浆(使船后退)2.■[美]从原有的立场倒退回去, 退缩3.■回水, 回流; [转]死气沉沉的状态, 文化落后的地方blue water1.■大海, 外海branch water1.■[美]小溪流的水bring the water to sb.'s mouth(=make sb.'s mouthwater)1.■使某人垂涎burn the water1.■(夜间)在火把照明下叉鲑鱼by water1.■乘船, 由水路don't cast out the foulwater till you bring in the clean (=Don't throw out your dirtywater until you get in fresh).1.■[谚]清水未来, 莫泼脏水; 好的东西没有到手, 不要抛弃坏的东西。draw water in [with] a sieve(=pour water into a sieve).1.■[谚]竹篮打水一场空; 白费力气, 徒劳。draw water to one's own mill1.■处处为自己打算; 谋取私利fish in troubled[muddy] waters1.■混水摸鱼, 趁火打劫get into deep [hot] water1.■陷入困境, 招致麻烦get to [reach] smooth water1.■安然摆脱困境, 进入顺境get [wring] water from a flint1.■缘木求鱼; 做不可能的事He knows the water the best who has waded through it.1.■[谚]要知河深浅, 须问过来人。high water1.■洪水; 涨潮, 高潮hold water1.■(容器)盛水不漏2.■(论点等)站得住脚; 说得通3.■经得起考验hot water1.■困境; 严重的麻烦; 尴尬的处境in deep water(s)1.■处于困境in low water1.■缺钱, 经济拮据in rough [troubled] water1.■灾难深重in smooth water1.■处于顺境中, 日子好过keep oneself [one's head] above water1.■避免破产; 保住自己like water1.■大量地, 无节制地like water off a duck's back1.■不起作用, 毫无影响limn on water1.■水上绘画, 瞬刻即逝, 徒劳无益make water1.■【船】进[漏]水2.■(人)解小便Much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of.1.■[谚]我们眼前所发生的事情, 有许多是我们不知道的。No safe wading in an unknow water (=Wade not in unknown waters).1.■[谚]不知水深浅, 千万莫轻涉。on the water1.■在水上2.■在船上pass water (=make water)1.■(人)解小便pour [throw, dash] cold water on [over]1.■对...泼冷水Salt water and absence wash away love.1.■[谚]远航久别恩情疏。spend like water1.■挥霍无度Still waters run deep (=Smooth waters run deep.)1.■[谚]静水流深; 沉默者深谋。Stolen waters are sweet.1.■[谚]偷来的水特别甜; 偷欢最乐。take (the) water1.■(动物、鸟、人)下水游泳2.■(船)下水3.■乘船出航take(the) waters1.■在疗养地喝矿泉水Too much water drowned the miller.1.■[谚]太多了反有害; 过犹不及。tread water1.■(游泳)踩水troubled waters1.■混乱状态; 纠纷, 骚扰; 争执不和(通常用于 fish in troubled waters或 pour oil on troubled waters调停[平息]纠纷, 息事宁人)under water1.■(在生活中)失败, 潦倒We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.1.■[谚]井干方知水可贵。written in water1.■(名声、成就)转眼即逝的, 昙花一现的water bewitched1.■淡茶; 搀水的酒; 稀释的混合饮料water down1.■搀水, 加水冲淡2.■减弱... 力量W-finds its (own) level.1.■水往低处流。water of life1.■生命之水, 灵魂的振奋剂; 酒waters of forgetfulness1.■忘川(俗传阴间有条河, 饮其水则忘掉生前的一切); 忘记; 死特殊用法acidulous water1.■酸性水activated water1.■活化水; 受辐射作用的水adherent water1.■粘化水adhesive water1.■粘附水; 薄膜水alkaline peptone water1.■碱性蛋白胨液(培养基)ammonia water1.■氨水anise water1.■茴香水arabin water1.■阿糖胶水baryta water1.■氧化钡水(壁画上色以前, 用来涂抹墙壁表面)beverage water1.■饮料用水bromine water1.■溴水ceramic water1.■陶瓷片(印刷电路用)chlorine water1.■氯水connate water1.■原生水cooling circulating water1.■冷却循环水Copenhagen water1.■国际哥本哈根标准海水deaerated water1.■经脱气的水demineralized water1.■软化水deuterated water1.■重水distilled water1.■蒸馏水enclosed waters1.■闭合水域; 孤立水域enriched water1.■滋养水, 浓白水filtered water1.■滤过水first water1.■(专指钻石珍珠的)最好品质funicular water1.■(粒子层的)索状水glue water1.■胶水heavy water1.■重水hydroscopic water1.■吸湿水imbibition water1.■吸浸水 impound 静水infected water1.■含菌水, 染污的水 inlandwaters内陆水域 interconnectingwaters 连接(各岛屿的)水域 internationalwaters 国际海域, 公海interstitial water1.■间隙水; 底质水kremastic water1.■渗流水, 悬着水land lockwater1.■内陆水域lime water1.■石灰水mean high water1.■平均高潮面metabolic water1.■食物代谢[氧化]水meteoric water1.■雨, 气象水mother water1.■母液muddy water1.■泥浆水; 浑水natural cooling water1.■自然冷却水natural mineral [naturally carbonated] water1.■天然矿泉水neap low water1.■小潮低潮面offshore water1.■近岸区oil-reservoir water1.■油层水, 构成水oligosaprobic waters1.■低污染水域, 低污染水体; 低腐生水体physiological available water1.■生理有效水分pit water1.■矿井水pickling rinse water1.■(选矿)冲洗水; 洗(矿)水process water1.■工艺用水quarry water1.■矿泉水quenching-in water1.■水冷韧化处理(高锰钢, 不锈钢), 固溶化淬火run(ning)-off water1.■地表径流sediment-free water1.■无沉积物水seepage water1.■渗流水, 渗透水sewage water1.■污水sig water1.■稀碱液strong waters1.■烈性饮料, 烈性酒strontia water1.■氢氧化锶sweet water1.■淡水, 饮用水; 甘油水; 洗水, 甜水territorial waters1.■领海, 水域toilet water1.■花露水, 香水vaal water1.■无离子水warm water1.■暖水海洋yeast water1.■酵母水
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