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watering

/waw-ter-ing, wot-er-/US // ˈwɔ tər ɪŋ, ˈwɒt ər- //

浇水,浇灌,浇花,灌溉

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of a person or thing that waters.
    • : a watered appearance on silk or other fabric.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : supplying water or used to water.
    • : pertaining to medicinal springs or to a seabathing resort.

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Examples

  • The total was about 20 trillion gallons per year on lawn-watering.

  • About three days later I remembered the watering can, but when I went outside to get it, I found a bird had built her nest in it.

  • So he found a watering can, used that to transfer the gas into Muse’s car and made sure it would start.

  • Telegraph Avenue in downtown Oakland, California has been closed to auto traffic through a program called flex streets, allowing watering holes like Bar Shiru to set up their tables in the street for socially-distanced service.

  • As was the case in February, the hackers delivered the exploits through watering-hole attacks, which compromise websites frequented by targets of interest and add code that installs malware on visitors’ devices.

  • In doing so, he implied the obsolescence of that most embedded of British watering holes, the pub.

  • Finally, Deborah Racicot of Narcissa prepares mouth-watering (and non-basic) pumpkin crepes with warm sage cinnamon en glaze.

  • He does not walk, talk, eat, or drink, and he gets his nutrition—and watering!

  • Walk into a good hotel bar, and you will sense the sort of hospitality that is difficult to match in any other watering hole.

  • But if they take over the Senate, watch for a watering-down or defunding of the whole business.

  • Of course, newly acquired Ferns will pay for extra attention in the way of watering until they have secured a proper roothold.

  • I have always had a curiosity to visit one of the German watering places, as I'm told they are extremely pleasant.

  • Two and one-half minutes would be allowed for changing engines, three for watering, and two for coaling.

  • The next day was employed in wooding and watering, in which the natives, particularly our friend Jack, assisted.

  • When I came to serve the dessert Sally was watching me with her eagle eye and her mouth watering.