The substance (most commonly encountered as a liquid) which is the principal constituent of seas… In general use.
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > water > [noun] (42) watereOE The substance (most commonly encountered as a liquid) which is the principal constituent of seas… In general use. streamc950 Used vaguely (singular and plural) for: Water, sea. Obsolete. floodOE In wider sense: Water as opposed to land, often contrasted with field and fire. Also plural: cf. waters. Now poetic or rhetorical. water floodc1175 poetic. As a mass noun: water, as opposed to land. Obsolete. wave1590 poetic. Used in collective singular for ‘water’, ‘sea’. The plural is also similarly used (poetic and rhetorically), but without quite losing the… open water1790 Unconfined water; esp. an area of sea free from ice. Cf. open, adj. 8c. Subcategories:— of earth's surface collectively (3) — watery element or domain (1) — scenery consisting of (1) — water available for use (2) — water as flooding or irrigating land (1) — a craze for water (1) — water on land (3) — water from melted snow or ice (3) — water in or percolating through soil (15) — water under the ground (3) — water in stone (1) — anything built in or round water (2) |
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