和“水”相關的英文表達,你能說出幾個?

2015-10-30 09:27:46  每日學英語
和“水”相關的英文表達,你能說出幾個?
  一、水的單詞

  tap/running water 自來水

  rain water 雨水

  mineral water 礦泉水

  ice water 冰水

  soda water 蘇打水

  purified water 純凈水

  distilled water 蒸餾水

  perfume 香水

  flood 洪水

  makeup remover 卸妝水

  toner爽膚水

  二、關于水問題的詞匯

  water pollution水污染

  dry spells干旱期

  storm water暴雨水

  droughts and flooding旱澇

  World Water Day世界水日

  三、含有“water”的詞組

  1.Hot water在習語中常用比喻義(=trouble)

  To be in hot water/in deep water:陷入困境

  例句:Water und Life is like a shower. One wrong turn and you're in hot water.

  生活就像淋浴,方向轉錯,水深火熱。

  2.water under the bridge:已成往事

  例句:Don't bring it up again. It's water under the bridge.

  往事不要再提。

  3.To hold water:(理論、計劃等)證明合理,說得通

  例句:His plan doesn't hold water.

  他的計劃行不通。

  4.Water and oil: 水火不容

  例句:The two are like oil and water. They don't get along.

  他們兩個水火不容,不能單獨相處。

  5.Draw water in/with a sieve(=pour water into a sieve):竹籃打水一場空

  6.In low water:缺錢,經濟拮據

  7.In smooth water:處于順境中;日子好過

  8.No safe wading in an unknown water(=Wade not in unknown waters):

  不知水深淺, 千萬莫輕涉

  9.Still waters run deep (=Smooth waters run deep):

  靜水流深;沉默者深謀

  10.Water finds its level:水往低處流

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