| 单词 | water down |
| 释义 | water down 1. phrasal verb If you water down a substance, for example food or drink, you add water to it to make it weaker. He was careful to check that his suppliers were not watering down the product. [VERB PARTICLE noun] I bought a water-based paint, then decided to water it down even more. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. verb If something such as a proposal, speech, or statement is watered down, it is made much weaker and less forceful, or less likely to make people angry. Proposed legislation affecting bird-keepers has been watered down. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE] 3. See also watered-down See full dictionary entry for water |
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