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blue-water

/bloo-waw-ter, -wot-er/US // ˈbluˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər //

蓝水,蓝水河,蓝水公司,碧水

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : designed to operate on and range over the open sea; oceangoing: a bluewater navy that can be dispatched throughout the world, far from its home base.

Examples

  • Fluoride first entered an American water supply through a rather inelegant technocratic scheme.

  • When cities started adding chlorine to their water supplies, in the early 1900s, it set off public outcry.

  • Before anti-vaxxers, there were anti-fluoriders: a group who spread fear about the anti-tooth decay agent added to drinking water.

  • Placed in drinking water, fluoride can serve people who otherwise have poor access to dental care.

  • In secret, before the referendum, the council went ahead and fluoridated the water anyway.

  • Urbanity ushers in water that needs no apology, and gives a zest to the worst vintage.

  • The two women had no intention of bathing; they had just strolled down to the beach for a walk and to be alone and near the water.

  • In pursuing his alchemical researches, he discovered Prussian blue, and the animal oil which bears his name.

  • Mrs. Woodbury paints in oils and water-colors; the latter are genre scenes, and among them are several Dutch subjects.

  • But there was a breeze blowing, a choppy, stiff wind that whipped the water into froth.

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