Old English w?terunge "a carrying water," verbal noun from water (v.). From late 14c. as "a soaking with water;" mid-15c. as "a giving water to (an animal);" c. 1600 as "salivation." Watering-can is from 1690s (earlier water-can, late 14c.); watering-hole is from 1882 (earlier water-hole, 1670s, watering-place, mid-15c.); by 1965 in the figurative sense "place where people meet and socialize over drinks."
雙語例句
1. A herd of elephants lolloped across the plains towards a watering hole.
一群大象緩慢而笨拙地穿過平原，朝水潭走去。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Prizes worth a mouth-watering ￡9.6 million are unclaimed.
價值960萬英鎊的誘人獎品無人認領。
來自柯林斯例句
3. a mouth-watering display of cakes
令人垂涎的蛋糕展示
來自《權威詞典》
4. You will remember about watering the flowers, won't you?
記住給花澆水, 行 嗎 ?
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. They led the workhorses to the watering trough.