1·Environmentalists say that diverting water from the river will lower the water table and dry out wells.
环保主义者称引流河水将导致地下水位下降和水井干枯。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Water scooters are a particularly deadly form of water recreation.
水上摩托车是一种特别致命的水上娱乐活动。
3·Put a frog in the water and start heating the water.
把一只青蛙放到水里，开始加热。
4·In particularly wet years, short stretches of an otherwise dry stream-bed may have flowing water because the water table rises to intersect the land surface.
在气候特别湿润的年月里，平常干涸的河床下游可能会有水流动，因为地下水在那里位抬升到了地表以上。
5·By whatever means, a lake is constantly gaining water and losing water: its water does not just sit there, or, anyway, not for long.
不管用什么方法，一个湖泊的水总是在不断地增加和减少：它的水不会只是待在那里，或者待很久。
6·When the glass is filled with water, the water pushes the air out of the glass.
当玻璃杯装满水时，水就会把杯里的空气挤出去。
7·Every time he went down to try to sip some of the water, the water receded, and anytime he reached up for the grapes, the grapes were pulled back.
每当他弯腰尝试抿些水时，水就退却，每当他伸手摘葡萄时，葡萄就会被拉回来。
8·Which has a higher boiling point, a quart of water or a gallon of water?
1夸脱水和1加仑水，哪个有更高的沸点？
9·The total volume of water in the saturated sample must therefore be thought of as consisting of water that can, and water that cannot drain away.
"因此，人们认为充满水分的岩石样本的总含水量既包括可能会渐渐流失的水分，也包括不会流失的水分。
10·Extracting heat from very hot, dry rocks presents a more difficult problem: the rocks must be fractured to permit the circulation of water, and the water must be provided artificially.
从极热的而干燥的岩石中提取热量，暴露出了一个更加困难的问题：必须击碎岩石以保证水的循环，而水必须是人工提供的。