Waterworks
n. 供水系统, 自来水厂, 喷泉, 眼泪
📖 牛津释义
waterworks
n
1 [sing or pl v]
building with pumping machinery, etc for supplying water to a district 自来水厂.
2 [pl] (infml euph 口, 婉) (functioning of) the body's urinary system 人体泌尿系统（的功能）
Are your waterworks all right? 你泌尿系统正常吗?
3 (idm 习语) turn on the `waterworks (infml derog 口, 贬) (start to) cry 哭起来.
🗣️ 情景例句
I made it myself.
我自己做的。
The blouse no longer fits me.
这件衬衣不再合我身了。
This was later confirmed by naval official at the Ministry of Defiance after the Elkor had returned home.
这一说法在“埃尔科”号返航后得到的国防部一位海军官员的证实。