watery UK ['wɔ:.tər.i] US ['wɑ:.tˌɚ.i] adjective ■containing or filled with water 含水过多的•watery eyes水汪汪的眼睛 •a thin, watery fluid一种稀薄而含水多的流体 ■disapproving ■(of food or drink) containing too much water and therefore weak in taste (食物或饮料)含水过多的,味道淡的•watery soup/coffee味道很淡的汤/咖啡 ■pale or weak in colour or strength 颜色淡的;苍白无力的•The sun shed its thin watery light over the sea.淡淡的阳光照在海面上。 UK ['wɔ:.tər.i] US ['wɑ:.tˌɚ.i] adjective watery grave literary ■death by drowning (= dying because you cannot breathe under water) 溺水而亡•It was off the coast of Italy that Shelley went to his watery grave.雪丽正是在义大利海岸附近溺水而亡的。 |