water
英 ['wɔːtə]
美['wɔtɚ]
- n. 水；海水；雨水；海域，大片的水
- vt. 使湿；供以水；给…浇水
- vi. 加水；流泪
- n. (Water)人名；(英)沃特
英英释意
- 1. 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
- 2. the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean);
- "they invaded our territorial waters"
- "they were sitting by the water's edge"
- 3. facility that provides a source of water;
- "the town debated the purification of the water supply"
- "first you have to cut off the water"
- 4. once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
- 5. liquid excretory product;
- "there was blood in his urine"
- "the child had to make water"
- 6. a fluid necessary for the life of most animals and plants;
- "he asked for a drink of water"