water hole
水洞,水坑,水孔,水洞洞
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Definitions
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- : a depression in the surface of the ground, containing water.
- : a source of drinking water, as a spring or well in the desert.
- : a pond; pool.
- : a cavity containing water in the dry bed of a river.
- : a hole in the frozen surface of a lake, pond, stream, etc.
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There’s a water hole at the end of every block, and at any one of them you might meet your fate.
Whether it’s the water hole or the intersection, an attack is inevitable.
Wells also decreased the distance between water sources by an average of 843 meters, making this essential resource more accessible and easing tensions that can escalate among drinkers at isolated water holes, Lundgren says.
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.
Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"
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.
Kind of a reception-room in there—guess I know a reception-room from a hole in the wall.
Mrs. Woodbury paints in oils and water-colors; the latter are genre scenes, and among them are several Dutch subjects.