waterworks

英 ['wɔːtəwɜːks] 美 ['wɔːtərwɜːrks]

• n. 供水设备；[俚]眼泪；泌尿系统；喷泉

英英释义

Noun:

1. a public utility that provides water

2. workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a community

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. They were projecting a new waterworks.
   他们在设计一个新自来水厂。
2. The waterworks is supposed to be fixed in two hours.
   供水系统预计在两小时内恢复正常。
3. You needn't turn on the waterworks for me.
   你不用为我掉眼泪。
4. He was amazed at how fast she could turn on the waterworks.
   她装哭的速度之快让他吃惊。
5. Are your waterworks all right?
   你泌尿系统正常吗?

词汇搭配

• turn on the waterworks 哭起来
• waterworks operation 给水系统运转...

近反义词

【近义词】

• tears 眼泪
• crying 紧急的
• weeping 哭泣的
• blubbering 动词blubber的现在...
• sobbing 湿透的