rivers，streams，current，water flow，stream ；

[例句] 这条河水流湍急，变幻莫测。 The current of the river is fast flowing and treacherous.

[例句] 一道拦河坝将会在上游拦住水流，抬升水位。 A barrage would halt the flow upstream and lift the water level.

seawater，brine，the sea，water ；

[例句] 船会停靠在那里，映衬在一片波澜不兴的湛蓝海水之中。 The ship would lie there mirrored in a perfectly unmoving glossy sea.

[例句] 清澈的海水拍打着悬崖峭壁，令她想起了卡普里。 The cliffs, lapped by a crystal-clear sea, remind her of Capri.

standard，lever(台语词，等于普通话中的水平)；

[例句] 我们因提供的服务水准一流一直经营得很成功。 We have been successful because we are offering a quality service.

[例句] 一度身体欠佳令她表现有失水准。 A spell of poor health took the edge off her performance.

running water，stream，turnover，glide，nullah ；

[例句] 他最为人铭记的创举是率先采用流水装配线。 He is best remembered for the introduction of the moving assembly-line.

[例句] 流水围绕大石流过去. A flowing stream inarms a boulder in its passing.

[水文] shoal water，shallow water ；

[例句] 他从跳板跳下,潜入水中,游到浅水池边. He dived off the springboard and swam down to the shallow end.

[例句] 那艘船在浅水处失事. The ship was wrecked on the shoals.

mercury，hydrargyrum，hydrargyri，quicksilver，azoth ；

[例句] 水银是一种已知的有毒物质。 Mercury is a known poison.

[例句] 我们看到的温度计里的液体是水银. The liquid we can see in thermometers is mercury.

aquation，hydration，hydratization，hydratation ；

[例句] 水合质子作为一种离子包括在计算中. The hydrated proton has been included in the calculations as one ion.

[例句] 如果以水作溶剂, 它便称为水合. If water is the solvent, it is called hydration.

weepage，[水] sluicing ；

[例句] 台阶式溢流坝是一种全新的泄水建筑物形式. Stepped spillways is a type of new spillway structure.

[例句] 涵闸具有挡水、泄水的作用. Culvert and sluice block and sluice water.

mine，mine fuse，torpedo，naval mine ；

[例句] 他们的船被水雷炸毁了. Their ship was mined.

[例句] 散逸的水雷开始在太平洋海岸出现而危及商船的航行. Stray mines began to turn up off the Pacific coast, imperilling commercial shipping.

the surface of the water，table，surface，water ；

[例句] 乔治疯狂地挣扎，不断在水面上浮浮沉沉。 George struggled wildly, going under and resurfacing at regular intervals.

[例句] 原油泄露后的浮油很快在水面上扩散开来。 A crude oil slick quickly spreads out over water.

aquation，hydration，hydratization，hydratation，to hydrate ；

[例句] 混凝土的缓慢而精心的养护可以改善水泥的水化作用. Slow, careful curing of the concrete improves the hydration of the cement.

[例句] 玻璃珠凝胶在使用之前不需要水化. Glass bead gels need not be hydrated prior to use.

[方]drinking water，absorb water，[船]draught，draft，sea gauge ；

[例句] 过去这里吃水很困难. It used to be difficult to get drinking water here.

[例句] 这种大米吃水. You need a lot of water in cooking this kind of rice.

steam，vapour，water vapour，vapor ；

[例句] 两种主要的燃烧产物是水蒸气和二氧化碳。 The two principal combustion products are water vapor and carbon dioxide.

[例句] 水蒸气是气态的水. Water vapor is water in the form of a gas.

deepwater ；

[例句] 潜水员下潜到超过危险线的深水中去了. The diver went into the deep water beyond the danger limit.

[例句] 大船走深水. A great ship asks deep water.

[物]underwater sound，sound of water ；

[例句] 森林中处处都能听到流水声。 The forest was filled with the sound of running water.

[例句] 在我们房间能听到远处小溪汩汩的流水声. In our room we could hear the murmur of a distant brook.

aquatic，[植] hydrophilous，hydrophily ；

[例句] 检验表明水生有壳动物的毒素水平提高了。 Tests showed increased levels of toxin in shellfish.

[例句] 游客们可以看到一系列各种各样、色彩斑斓的水生动植物。 Visitors can view a rich and colorful array of aquatic plants and animals.

waterline，shoreline，rule ；

[例句] 去年，第100万台卡车驶下流水线。 Last year the millionth truck rolled off the assembly line.

[例句] 用于严重腐蚀环境下钢结构的保护, 水线以上或水线以下均可使用. For steel structures in severe corrosive environment, both above and below waterline.

draw [pump] water，shrink，pump ；

[例句] 我们从井里抽水以供日用. We pump water from the well for daily use.

[例句] 他正用抽水机抽水. He was pumping away.

aquatic，water ；

[例句] 受热气体通过水中的盘管输送。 The heated gas is piped through a coil surrounded by water.

[例句] 船开始在水中打旋。 The boat started to spin around in the water.

water uptake [absorption]，water sucking，drink，sop，sop up ；

[例句] 这些毛巾很吸水。 The towels are highly absorbent.

[例句] 这种物质容易吸水. This kind of material absorbs water easily.