water
noun/ˈwɔ.tɚ/[ˈwɔ.ɾɚ]- 1.
nước
An inorganic compound (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.
- By the action of electricity, the water was resolved into its two parts, oxygen and hydrogen.
- It is wholly out of the power of language to convey any idea of the blissful enjoyment of obtaining water, after an almost total want of it, during eight and forty hours, in the scorching regions of an Arabian desert, in the month of July.
- 2.
nước
An inorganic compound (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.
ℹ Trong tiếng Việt, 'nước' là danh từ không đếm được nên không cần loại từ đi kèm.
- May I have a glass of water?
- Your plants need more water.
- 3.
ly nước
An inorganic compound (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.
⚠ Học sinh hay nói 'một nước' khi gọi đồ uống; đúng phải là 'một ly nước' hoặc 'một cốc nước'.
ℹ Trong tiếng Việt, 'nước' là danh từ không đếm được, vì vậy khi muốn đếm, ta phải thêm danh từ chỉ đơn vị như 'ly', 'cốc' hoặc 'chai'.
- Joe bustled back and offered her a glass of wine but she shook her head. “Just a water, please.”
- Just a water, please.Cho tôi một ly nước, làm ơn.
- 4.
thuỷ
The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
- He showed me the river of living water, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God.
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vùng nước
Water in a body; an area of open water.
ℹ Trong tiếng Việt, 'vùng nước' thường được dùng để chỉ một khu vực địa lý cụ thể trên mặt nước, khác với 'nước' dùng để chỉ chất lỏng H2O nói chung.
- Roſa. O vain peticioner, beg a greater matter, Thou now requeſts but Mooneſhine in the water.
- 'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
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vùng nước
A body of water, almost always a river, sometimes a lake or reservoir, especially in the names given to such bodies.
⚠ Từ 'vùng nước' có thể trùng với nghĩa 'an area of open water' của các từ điển khác, tuy nhiên ở đây nó nhấn mạnh vào tính chất địa danh hoặc thực thể địa lý thay vì chỉ là trạng thái mặt nước.
ℹ Trong tiếng Việt hiện đại, từ 'nước' thường chỉ chất lỏng H2O. Để chỉ một 'thể nước' hay 'vùng nước' như trong văn chương cổ, ta cần thêm từ 'vùng' hoặc 'khu vực' để làm rõ nghĩa.
- And as they went on their waye they cam vnto a certayne water and the gelded man ſayde: Se here is water what ſhall lett me to be baptiſed?
- When the man rode off with the silver jug from the beautiful maiden, who presented it to him, an old crone set off in pursuit of him with such velocity, that she would surely have caught him, but that providentially he came to a running water.