名 water，river，a general term for rivers, lakes, seas, etc.；

[例句] 在拿吃的之前，用热肥皂水把手好好地洗干净。 Wash your hands thoroughly with hot soapy water before handling any food.

[例句] 发动机舱里的水由一条软管抽走。 Water in the engine compartment is sucked away by a hose.

sewage，slops，effluent，drainage，sewerage ；

[例句] 污水中的营养物确实会加快港口的海藻生长。 Sewage nutrients do increase algal growth in the harbour.

[例句] 上游的城市将污水排放到河里。 Cities upstream use the river to get rid of sewage.

waterflood，deluge，flood，flowage，Niagara；

[例句] 从山地奔流而下的水涌入河中引发了洪水。 Flooding was caused by water gushing into rivers from uplands.

[例句] 洪水冲垮了釜山的一座主要桥梁。 Flood waters washed away one of the main bridges in Pusan.

[医]deprivation of body fluids，dehydration，dewatering，dehydrate，evaporation ；

[例句] 脱水后的饭菜、汤和调味料中含有很多盐分。 Dehydrated meals, soups and sauces contain a lot of salt.

[例句] 设定用凉水洗衣，最后短时脱水。 Set on a cool wash and finish with a short spin.

go under water，dive，[地] phreatic water，ground water，diving ；

[例句] 除了租救生衣，水上运动爱好者还应该考虑租一套潜水服。 Watersports enthusiasts should consider hiring a wetsuit as well as a lifejacket.

[例句] 我们蹲在水池旁，看着潜水者慢慢沉下水。 We squatted beside the pool and watched the diver sink slowly down.

fresh water，freshwater ；

[例句] 盐水比淡水的传导性强得多。 Salt water is much more conductive than fresh water is.

[例句] 淡水和其他商品短缺。 Fresh water and other commodities are in short supply.

drain off water，drain away water，dewatering，drain，drainage ；

[例句] 有一只手摇水泵用来排水。 There is a manual pump to get rid of the water.

[例句] 土壤排水畅通，鼻涕虫就不会造成什么麻烦。 The soil drains freely and slugs aren't a problem.

[气] precipitation，rainfall，rain，raininess ；

[例句] 利雅得在12小时内降水就达25毫米。 Riyadh got 25 mm of rain in just 12 hours.

[例句] 浓密的植被的叶子中能截留大量的降水. Heavy vegetation may intercept a large amount of precipitation on its leaves.

horizontal，level，standard，plane ；

[例句] 现在的生活水平几乎快要无法维持生计。 The standard of living today is on the edge of subsistence.

[例句] “说实话，我的网球基本上属于业余水平，”他承认说。 "Actually, most of my tennis is at club level," he admitted.

ground water，underground water，groundwater ；

[例句] 在佛罗里达州，农民正摆好架势，准备和城市争夺地下水的使用权。 In Florida, farmers are squaring off against cities for rights to groundwater.

[例句] 用水量的增加导致了地下水贮备迅速枯竭. Increased consumption of water has led to rapid depletion of groundwater reserves.

fruit，fruitage；

[例句] 新鲜的水果和蔬菜很重要，麦麸也是。 Fresh fruits and vegetables are important and so is bran.

[例句] 把水果和坚果放进罐子里，用白兰地酒浸泡。 Pack the fruits and nuts into the jars and cover with brandy.

rainwater，rainfall，rain，Rain Water，rain water ；

[例句] 他的灰色针织毛衫和长裤全都被雨水淋透了。 His grey jersey and trousers were sodden with the rain.

[例句] 她进来时，雨水顺着她的衣服和头发往下流。 She came in, rain streaming from her clothes and hair.

cement，-lith，concrete ；

[例句] 滚烫的液体泼在水泥地面上又溅了起来。 The hot liquid splashed down on the concrete and rebounded.

[例句] 在粗糙不平的水泥窗台上有一条细细的发光水印。 A thin, glistening thread of moisture ran along the rough concrete sill.

[机] feedwater，water supply ；

[例句] 氯用来给水消毒。 Chlorine is used to disinfect water.

[例句] 给水加热时, 它会变成蒸气. When heated, water changes into vapour.

water conservancy，irrigation works，water conservancy project ；

[例句] 昨天，水利行业的头头们因为怠慢客户而受到批评。 Water industry chiefs were rapped yesterday for failing their customers.

[例句] 公共水利设施是棉花生产的命脉. Public irrigation is the heart of cotton farming.

reservoir ；

[例句] 水库逐渐干涸，农民开始背井离乡。 Reservoirs are drying up and farmers have begun to leave their land.

[例句] 这个水库是通过在布莱斯河上筑坝形成的。 This reservoir was formed by damming the River Blith.

water supply，water delivery，water ；

[例句] 供水以及其他公用事业受到了严重影响。 Water supplies and other public utilities were badly affected.

[例句] 曾为水井供水的蓄水层正式宣告干涸了。 The aquifer which had once fed the wells was pronounced dry.

prepared Chinese ink，ink，book learning，writing ink，[电影]Ink；

[例句] 她将羽毛笔在墨水里蘸了一下，随后开始书写。 She dipped a quill in ink, then began to write.

[例句] 一滴墨水 a blob of ink

water vapour，moisture，[气] aqueous vapour，lunt，vapor ；

[例句] 我把水开得很热，水汽模糊了镜面。 I run the water very hot, clouding the mirror.

[例句] 整块玻璃仍然蒙着水汽。 The glass is all steamed up still.

waterpower，hydraulic power，water power ；

[例句] 蒸汽和水力可用来发电. Steam and water power are used for the generation of electricity.

[例句] 在19世纪人们大规模使用水力来发电. In the 19 th century waterpower was widely utilized to generate electricity.