water-fast
快水,饮水思源,饮水快,饮水机
Definitions
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- : resistant to the effects caused by water; not changed or faded by the action of water.
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.
The tears came so fast to Mrs. Pontellier's eyes that the damp sleeve of her peignoir no longer served to dry them.
Mrs. Woodbury paints in oils and water-colors; the latter are genre scenes, and among them are several Dutch subjects.
There are a number of bacilli, called acid-fast bacilli, which stain in the same way as the tubercle bacillus.