1A colourless, transparent, odourless, liquid which forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.

Water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen (chemical formula: H₂O) with highly distinctive physical and chemical properties: it is able to dissolve many other substances; its solid form (ice) is less dense than the liquid form; its boiling point, viscosity, and surface tension are unusually high for its molecular weight, and it is partially dissociated into hydrogen and hydroxyl ions

1. 1.1 Water as supplied to houses or commercial establishments through pipes and taps.
   自来水；供水
   each bedroom has a washbasin with hot and cold water

   每一间卧室都配有一个有冷热水的脸盆。

   as modifier water pipes

   Example sentencesExamples

   • One was an empty old pipe he was replacing, one was full of cold water supplying the home.
   • Do we really need to associate with the brand that pipes water into our house?
   • Wash syringe parts with clean hot tap water (do not wash the internal parts with soap or disinfectant).
   • The house smelt of damp, the baths were old-fashioned and there wasn't an endless supply of hot water.
   • The hall has a wooden floor, toilets and hot and cold running water.
   • He showers from the drum at the back of the house with cold water and rushes off to school.
   • A turn of a handle and this top tank supplies gravity fed water to the house.
   • Other responsibilities include getting electricity and water supplied to the house.
   • Pour very hot tap water into pan to about 2/3 of the way from top of custard cups.
   • The council was also offering grants to put bathrooms and hot water systems into houses.
   • Back in 1944, the house had no electricity supply, an outside cold water tap and a big vegetable plot.
   • Do not run the hot tap or use dishwashers, washing machines or other appliances fed by the hot water supply.
   • The chances are, in rural areas you will not have mains water and rely on a well or spring with a pump to supply water to the house.
   • No house had its own water supply so a regular visit had to be made to the nearest pump for the daily supply.
   • With a good water supply the house had a flush toilet and its own septic tank.
   • He turned on the faucet and splashed the ice cold water on his face.
   • Refill the tub with clean cold water and rinse the pipes out by running the jets a few more minutes.
   • There is a limited supply of hot water in the showers, which is currently only available very early in the morning or late at night.
   • Place under cold running water for 20 minutes.
   • She stood there and splashed warm water on her face for several minutes.
2. 1.2 One of the four elements in ancient and medieval philosophy and in astrology (considered essential to the nature of the signs Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces)
   水（古代和中世纪哲学及占星学中的四种元素之一，被认为是巨蟹宫、天蝎宫和双鱼宫本质中所必不可少的）
   as modifier a water sign

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Venus was credited with a sea origin, and copper reminds us of this connection with the water element.
   • In the water signs of Scorpio and Pisces we see a different expression of this energy.
   • In the north, water is the element and it is its own coordinating symbol, just like fire.
   • The physical body is composed of the elements earth, water, fire, air and ether.
   • Like all water signs, Scorpio finds a natural habitat in the world of feelings and instincts.
   • More information on the other two elements, water and fire, will be made known over the next few weeks.
   • Aquarius is often thought to be a water sign because of the portrayal of the Water-bearer.
   • A chart that is strong in water will be dominated by emotions and sensitivity.
   • He did, however, take note of the sign that Jupiter is in: Scorpio, a water sign.
   • The west is yellow, associated with the element of earth, and the north is white, representing water.
   • In view of the manner of his death it is curious to note that his nativity has no planets in water signs.
   • In astrology, it is the Moon's association with water that dominates its influence.
   • Also, both your natal suns are in water signs, another indicator of compatibility.
   • Or is it questionable to think that my water elemental is somehow linked to yours?
   • How many planets does Person A have in water signs, how many in earth, how many in fire and how many in air?
3. 1.3usually the waters The water of a mineral spring as used medicinally for bathing in or drinking.
   （尤指用于沐浴或饮用的）矿泉水
   you can take the waters at the Pump Room

   你可以在药用水供应室喝矿泉水。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Lithium may be responsible for the reputed benefit of certain spring waters to patients with mental disease.
   • On the strength of such claims the site was developed as a medicinal spa and huge crowds flocked to take the waters.
   • The alleged curative powers of springs precipitated the establishment of spas where wealthy visitors came to take the waters and which may be considered the forerunners of modern health farms.
   • A Harrogate toffee firm which won a worldwide reputation for its lemony sweets originally bought to take away the pungent taste of the town's spa waters, is branching out with a more chewy rival.
   • You can take the waters in the ozone pool or pretend to be sightseeing from the outdoor hydropool cut into the rooftop of the building.
   • ‘Throughout the nineteenth century, American high society flocked here to take the waters,’ he relates.
   • He went to take that popular Georgian pick-me-up, bathing in and drinking the spa waters at Bath.
   • Yes, the waters from the thermal springs that feed the town's impressive fountains and the blissful spa really must have magical powers.
   • Romans didn't so much come here to bathe in the natural spring waters as to wash their hands and face.
   • It's a piped spring, the waters of which are said to contain the powers to heal, which is why everything from ancient pants to old trainers have been soaked in the magical water and left to rot on the open hillside.
   • The Victorians had a dream that Whitby could match the gilded splendour of Harrogate, and the thermal spring waters of Bath.
   • In April 1737 Handel suffered a stroke, and he retired to take the waters at Aix-la-Chapelle in September.
   • However, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see sick pilgrims now queueing to visit the restorative canals in the Bow area to take the waters and heal themselves.
   • Bath has always been popular, ever since the Romans found spa waters there and established it as a centre of rest and recreation.
   • The taking of the waters and bathing in them stopped at once.
4. 1.4with modifier A solution of a specified substance in water.
   水溶液
   ammonia water

   氨水。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Beat the cream cheese and butter together and then beat in the flower water and sugar.
   • The maid massaged the oil into her scalp and washed it with the flower water in the bath.
   • Poach the syrup gently for about ten minutes, until it begins to thicken a little, then stir in the orange blossom water.

2the waterA stretch or area of water, such as a river, sea, or lake.

草地一直生长到水边。

1. 2.1 The surface of an area of water.
   水面
   she ducked under the water

   她潜入水中去了。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • For two miles the water stretched north, a flat sheet of grey in the morning sun.
   • Players were ducked under the water and roughly tackled by the opposing side.
2. 2.2as modifier Found in, on, or near areas of water.
   水中；水上；水边
   a water plant

   水生植物。

3. 2.3waters The water of a particular sea, river, or lake.
   海水；河水；湖水
   the waters of Hudson Bay

   哈得逊湾的水。

   figurative the government are taking us into unknown waters with these changes in the legislation

   〈喻〉有了立法上的这些变化，不知政府将把美国引向何方。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • On Saturday June 5 hundreds will plunge into the cold waters of Camlough Lake to participate in the first ever triathlon to be held in South Armagh.
   • Thousands of floating, flickering lights, rhythmically carried forward by the slowly moving waters of the holy river, are an unforgettable sight.
   • Lake Vouliagmeni's waters partially come from underground currents from Mount Hymettus.
   • In the opera's famous opening scene, deep in the waters of the Rhine river, Wagner unfolds an immense, rolling E-flat major chord.
   • A huge police operation was carried out on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to unearth any clues with divers scouring the waters of the River Ribble at the docks.
   • Although I've lived in the Selby area for most of my life, I've never seen crowds of fisherman hauling nets of clams, mussels and tuna from the murky waters of the River Ouse.
   • They add a dash of exotic colour to what was once a place of busy docks and warehouses, most of which now lie in decay, fronted by rusting ships abandoned on the brown waters of the River Plate.
   • We imagined ourselves strolling between golden fields of quinoa and the thrilling blue waters of the highest lake.
   • A total of 16 swimmers braved the icy waters of The River Barrow for the Home Care Team while 26 took part in the walk.
   • A taxi driver who pulled a young man from the raging waters of the River Kent in February's floods rushed to the aid of a road accident victim this week in a second life-saving attempt.
   • The waters of Dongting Lake and the Xiangjiang River, which flows through the provincial capital of Changsha, are near all-time highs.
   • He floated on the surface of the lake; its waters were far denser than normal water.
   • Within its confines they build houses and shops, cultivate fields, and set out in tiny boats on the waters of the lake whose vastness I now comprehend.
   • In the foreground, a footbridge spans a river whose waters are churned by the wheel of old Mr. Sandyman's mill.
   • Britain's newest sports car took a test drive Wednesday, zooming back and forth across the waters of the Thames River.
   • Soon, the waters of the Tusket River were running clear again.
   • Experts estimate that there are at least 11,000 logs preserved in the icy Ottawa River waters.
   • A youth crouches on a stanchion under York's new Millennium Bridge - some 15 feet above the bank and the swirling waters of the River Ouse.
   • Just south of the provincial capital, the murky waters of the Golok River mark the border between Malaysia and Thailand.
   • The newly renovated Taj Lake Palace in Udaipur is an island unto itself, seemingly afloat on the still blue waters of Lake Pichola.
4. 2.4waters An area of sea regarded as under the jurisdiction of a particular country.
   领海
   Japanese coastal waters

   日本近海领海。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • We flew one proudly from the back stay of our chartered yacht during our two-week cruise in Turkish waters last year.
   • He was plucked from Australian waters off Arnhem Land.
   • But it was a huge shock to New Zealanders to see an act of terrorism take place within our coastal waters, and in our terrestrial areas, as well.
   • After the war, Australian ships and sailors served in Japanese waters as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces.
   • Initially, 16 wrecks in waters under UK jurisdiction will be designated Controlled Sites.
   • The Japanese coast guard officers said they spotted a Chinese flag on the ship's mast and bow, and a protest banner in Chinese claiming the area as Chinese waters.
   • The first ship sunk by a German submarine in our coastal waters was torpedoed in this area.
   • I notice that it is starting to backtrack on the issue of nuclear ships in New Zealand waters.
   • Commissioned in 1940 the ship served in Australian waters until she deployed to Singapore in March 1941.
   • The panel's conclusion was that there was no public safety or environmental reason for not having nuclear-propelled ships visit New Zealand waters.
   • The five were last seen attending a party on board a ship anchored off Singaporean waters accompanied by three men.
   • The ship anchored in Japanese waters five days later.
   • Has he received any information that would cause him to review the Government's policy of excluding nuclear-propelled ships from New Zealand waters?
   • Japan protested to Russia for allowing South Korean fishing boats to fish for saury in its waters, including the area near the islands, this fishing season from summer to fall.
   • The parliament called upon member states to immediately restrict the use of high intensity active naval sonar in waters under their jurisdiction.
   • When the boat proceeded to Australian waters it was intercepted and boarded by the Australian Navy ship Wollongong, the report said.
   • This poison, which affects humans, has plagued Scottish coastal waters for the last decade, resulting in 34 separate bans on catching shellfish.
   • They have often attacked ships in Sri Lankan waters.
   • The sanctuary is believed to be the largest yet declared by an individual government in waters under its jurisdiction.
   • He added that the mine could also have been washed out to sea from recent Royal Navy manoeuvres in Scottish coastal waters.

3Urine.

喝酒会使你小便更频繁。

4watersThe amniotic fluid surrounding a fetus in the womb, especially as discharged in a flow shortly before birth.

我想我羊水破了。

5The quality of transparency and brilliance shown by a diamond or other gem.

6Finance
Capital stock which represents a book value greater than the true assets of a company.

1with object Pour or sprinkle water over (a plant or area) in order to encourage plant growth.

我出去给天竺葵浇水。

1. 1.1 Give a drink of water to (an animal)
   给（动物）喂水
   they stopped to water the horses

   Example sentencesExamples

   • He had fed the animals, watered them, fussed over Sport and Cochise, and milked the cow.
   • The animals around the house have to be fed and watered and cleaned constantly, just like a child.
   • I cleaned out all the stalls and watered the horses before going to see if John and Sheryl needed me to do anything else.
   • I fed the chickens, and watered the goats; I even found time to fluff the cats.
   • Simply feeding and watering the animals wouldn't have saved them, he continues.
   • A recent student debate centered on whether animals in the wild should be watered during a severe drought.
   • So he (went down the well), filled his shoe with water, caught hold of it with his teeth and climbed up and watered the dog.
   • She rode onward, stopping only to water her horse or to walk him every now and than.
   • Then she jumped back onto the gravel, near the spot where I had watered the dog, smiled from ear to ear, waved and ran inside the bungalow to finish packing her mountain of stuff.
   • After watering the animals I go to the fair and work all day and come back home at 5-6 in the evening.
   • Am I watering the gardens or am I watering the birds?
   • In light of the fact that agreement has not been reached, staging posts where animals are unloaded, watered, fed and rested will remain.
   • I eventually arrived home at about 7:30 pm local time, and then I fed and watered my two cats.
   • As she was doing so, she fed and watered her cats.
   • I normally fed and watered my cats by 11 pm or so local time before I retired at night, in fact.
   • But up to 1962, they were grazing and watering cattle there, pending their slaughter.
   • When stalled they should be fed twice daily, watered and their stalls cleaned daily.
   • She saw people along the riverbank, bathing, washing their clothing, watering their livestock or fetching a bucketful.
   • She then fed and watered the pigeon and gave it a temporary home - in Stanley's box.
   • Everyone accepts that animals benefit greatly from being unloaded, watered and rested, and it also gives you the opportunity to clean and re-bed trucks.
2. 1.2 (of a river) flow through (an area of land)
   （河流）流经（一个地区）
   the valley is watered by the River Dee

   迪伊河流经这个山谷。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Egypt is generally associated with arid desert and the sharply contrasting fertile strip of land through the Nile Valley watered by the annual inundation of the River Nile.
   • To the Persians and Arabs the word Hindu covered both the lands watered by the Sindhu and the people living there and beyond.
   • The glaciers of the Himalayas, which feed the great rivers watering the farmland keeping Asia alive, are disappearing.
   • The Prut River waters the western part of Moldova, Bessarabia.
   • Ladakh is watered by the River Indus on its way down to the Punjab, and many a grain of sand in the Indian Ocean may well have once formed part of a stone in the land behind the Himalayas.
   • Where did the rivers that watered Eden come from if there was no rain?
   • A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters.
   • The whole area watered by the West River had by the 1840s become violently unstable.
   • Timia is a gem of an oasis, a well watered valley, fringed by mountains.
   • The telltale marks recall a lost world from 175 million years ago when neither cliffs nor sea were there and the area was a near-tropical coastal plain watered by rivers from the Pennines.
   • The central floodplain is watered by the Chao Phraya River and its tributaries.
   • The dwellers of Nchubula in Kopa west are privileged to have before them the virgin vastness of flat savannah land watered by the Munikashi river that pours into Bangweulu river.
   • For centuries people believed the Garden of Eden was a sunny parkland watered by rivers meandering gently beneath a blue sky.
3. 1.3 Take a fresh supply of water on board (a ship or steam train)
   给（船，蒸汽机车牵引的列车）上水（或注水、加水）
   the ship was watered and fresh livestock taken aboard

   船加了水并装上了活蹦乱跳的牲畜。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Each time it merely turned an engine around or coaled and watered it, such as when a yard engine came in for a crew change, the roundhouse was credited with a half-dispatch.
   • During her response to the welcome home, Captain Parry said she watered Windeward Bound at some of the same spots used by Flinders and found the water still pristine.
   • Once they had cleared the platform, James got off and watered our coaches.
   • These could not be steam trains, because steam locomotives required watering and other servicing at inconveniently frequent intervals.
   • We wondered if the coach had a malfunction, or if somebody forgot to water this coach.

2no object (of a person's eyes) fill with tears.

罗里眨眨眼，双眼噙着泪水。

1. 2.1 (of a person's mouth) produce saliva, typically in response to the sight or smell of appetizing food.
   （嘴巴）流口水
   the smell of frying bacon made Hilary's mouth water

   油炸熏肉的香味使希拉里流口水。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • My mouth watered, thinking of the first taste of sugar I would have in months.
   • My mouth was watering at the sound of bacon, eggs, and toast.
   • My mouth watered at the thought of such a great treat after such a trying day.
   • His mouth watered eagerly; it was all he could do to refrain from throwing himself onto the food.
   • Randy's mouth watered at the sight of the brown confections.
   • Her mouth was watering as she entered the tavern on the bottom level of the inn.
   • Her mouth watered and she cursed the thief who took her money.
   • My mouth watered as I remembered how long it had been since I had last eaten.
   • My mouth watered at the sight of meat on the table.
   • I walked through the cafeteria doors and my mouth started watering.
   • The mall was bustling with activity and Stacy's mouth watered at the mention of ice cream.
   • Even though my mouth watered I knew I couldn't eat it.
   • Her mouth watered just from the sight of the food.
   • My mouth watered at the sight and smell but I forced myself to keep my head up and stand strong.
   • My mouth watered as I placed them on the counter.
   • My mouth watered and my stomach growled loudly.
   • Her mouth watered as she took a look at the thing as the waiter set it in the middle of the table.
   • Stacy's mouth watered at the mention of pancakes.
   • She added a little bit of pepper to the meat and watched as his mouth watered.
   • Geneva's mouth watered at the pleasant smell of the food.

   Synonyms

   moisten, exude water, become wet, leak

   cry, weep

   salivate

3with object Dilute or adulterate (a drink, typically an alcoholic one) with water.

俱乐部的员工一直在给饮料掺水。

1. 3.1water something down Make a statement or proposal less forceful or controversial by changing or leaving out certain details.
   使（陈述，建议）温和，使语气缓和
   the army's report of its investigation was considerably watered down

   军队对其调查的报告已省去了不少细节，语气缓和多了。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Although this bold statement was watered down slightly during oral submissions it illustrates the unreality of the Local Authority's case on foreseeability.
   • If anything I have watered my comments down a little, because I know he reads this diary.
   • New Labour was working overtime to water it down.
   • Such has been the opposition to Clarke's proposals that he has watered them down somewhat.
   • This new law aims to protect health and the environment from the impact of harmful chemicals, but I understand that industry wants to water it down.
   • But in the final version, which was issued earlier this month, all these points were watered down.
   • The man who led the investigation believes the proposals have been watered down so that the staining will not affect the appearance of dog and cat food.
   • Their concerns are largely misplaced; although they have been watered down, the patent rules will probably greatly benefit the Indian economy and its people.
   • The resolutions were watered down so China abstained and didn't veto.
   • American wages have fallen, health insurance plans have been watered down.
   • I am concerned that the clear recommendations to the Scottish Executive and its agencies have been watered down.
   • Similarly, on the proposed adoption of the services directive to create a single and free market for services within the union, the proposals were watered down to the point where the liberalisation is meaningless in all but name.
   • They're worried about the impact on the weak and vulnerable if the unfair dismissal laws are watered down.

   Synonyms

   moderate, temper, qualify, mitigate, mute, mellow, tone down, soften

   subdue, curb, tame, calm, bridle

   understate, underemphasize, play down, soft-pedal, downplay

4Finance
Increase (a company's debt, or nominal capital) by the issue of new shares without a corresponding addition to assets.