water是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 水vt. 浇灌； 给…饮水vi. 流泪， 加水，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Laurie and Jo rowed one boat, Mr. Brooke and Ned the other, while Fred Vaughn, the riotous twin, did his best to upset both by paddling about in a wherry like a disturbed water bug.
-- So Jo, feeling that her late lessons in cookery were to do her honor, went to preside over the coffeepot, while the children col-lected dry sticks, and the boys made a fire and got water from a spring near by.
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- They must get just as nigh the water as they possibly can without falling in.
-- Let the most absent-minded of men be plunged in his deepest reveries stand that man on his legs, set his feet a-going, and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be in all that region.
-- Yes, as every one knows, meditation and water are wedded for ever.
-- Go visit the Prairies in June, when for scores on scores of miles you wade knee-deep among Tiger-lilies what is the one charm wanting? Water there is not a drop of water there!Were Niagara but a cataract of sand, would you travel your thousand miles to see it?
-- He then donned his waistcoat, and taking up a piece of hard soap on the wash-stand centre table, dipped it into water and commenced lathering his face.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It certainly was, for there was quite enough water in it already.
-- The crazy old woman was too much occupied in bewailing the loss of her cloak (which the undertaker had taken off), to pay him any attention; so they threw a can of cold water over him; and when he came to, saw him safely out of the churchyard, locked the gate, and departed on their different ways.
-- There's a pitcher of water in the corner by the door.
-- The noise of Charley's laughter, and the voice of Miss Betsy, who opportunely arri ved to throw water over her friend, and perform other feminine offices for the promotion of her recovery, might have kept many people awake under more happy circumstances than those in which Oliver was placed.
-- The night had been very wet: large pools of water had collected in the road: and the kennels were overflowing.
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In the middle of the night, and under all the rest of our distresses, one of the men that had been down to see cried out we had sprung a leak; an-other said there was four feet water in the hold.
-- We worked on; but the water increasing in the hold, it was apparent that the ship would founder; and though the storm began to abate a little, yet it was not possible she could swim till we might run into any port; so the master continued firing guns for help; and a light ship, who had rid it out just ahead of us, ventured a boat out to help us.
-- I thought he was pursued by some savage, or frighted with some wild beast, and I ran forward towards him to help him; but when I came nearer to him I saw something hang-ing over his shoulders, which was a creature that he had shot, like a hare, but different in colour, and longer legs; however, we were very glad of it, and it was very good meat; but the great joy that poor Xury came with, was to tell me he had found good water and seen no wild mans.
-- But we found afterwards that we need not take such pains for water, for a little higher up the creek where we were we found the water fresh when the tide was out, which flowed but a little way up; so we filled our jars, and feasted on the hare he had killed, and prepared to go on our way, having seen no footsteps of any human creature in that part of the country.
-- 'Well, go,' said I: so the boy jumped into the water and taking a little gun in one hand, swam to shore with the other hand, and coming close to the creature, put the muzzle of the piece to his ear, and shot him in the head again, which despatched him quite.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The private balls at the park then began; and parties on the water were made and accomplished as often as a showery October would allow.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Carrie looked about her, after she had drunk a tinful of water from a bucket in one corner, for a place to sit and eat.
-- Time and repetition--ah, the wonder of it!The dropping water and the solid stone--how utterly it yields at last!
-- There was no water and the bread was dry, but he enjoyed it.
-- There was no water on this floor.
-- In the centre of the crowd the warmth and steam melted it, and water trickled off hat rims and down noses, which the owners could not reach to scratch.
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- They judged it was him, anyway; said this drownded man was just his size, and was ragged, and had uncommon long hair, which was all like pap; but they couldn't make nothing out of the face, be- cause it had been in the water so long it warn't much like a face at all.
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