water down

英 [ˈwɔːtə(r) daʊn]

美 [ˈwɔːtər daʊn]

加水稀释; 掺水冲淡; 使（提议、言论、声明等）语气缓和; 使打折扣; 削弱

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 加水稀释;掺水冲淡
  If youwater downa substance, for example food or drink, you add water to it to make it weaker.
  1. You can water down a glass of wine and make it last twice as long...
     你可以往杯里的葡萄酒中掺点水，当两杯来喝。
  2. I bought a water-based paint, then decided to water it down even more.
     我买了一种水性漆，然后决定加水进一步稀释。
• See also:Proposed legislation affecting bird-keepers has been watered down.watered-down

英英释义

verb

• thin by adding water to
  1. They watered down the moonshine
• make less strong or intense
  1. water down the mixture

双语例句

• Water down the stream, up a long hill, and I like mountains, and constantly rolls upward.
  水往下流，山往上长，而我如山，不断朝上进发。
• It looks like water down there all right
  看起来水的确流到那儿了。
• The thirsty boy drink a glass of water down.
  这个干渴的孩子一下子喝光了一杯水。
• They had piped the water down.
  他们已用管道把水引到下面。
• An avalanche is a sudden and rapid flow of snow often mixed with air and water down a mountainside.
  一场雪崩是从山腰上塌落的一次突然和迅速的常常混合了空气和水的雪流。
• You'd better water down your demand.
  你最好降低一下要求。
• The rancid stench of dirty drains John poured the ditty water down the pipe.
  脏水沟发出的腐臭味.约翰把脏水倒进了排水道。
• He agreed to water down his criticisms of the government.
  他同意把他对政府的批评变得婉转一些。
• What do you get when you pour hot water down a rabbit hole?
  如果把热水从兔子的一只耳朵眼儿里灌进去，你会得到什么？
• If you feel the water down here, it's really warm.
  如果你想过来感受一下泉水的话，它真得很暖和。