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单词 high water
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high water

1. uncountable noun
High water is the time at which the water in a river or sea is at its highest level as a resultof the tide.
Fishing is possible for a couple of hours either side of high water.
2.  come hell or high water

high water in British English

noun
1.  another name for high tide (sense 1)
2. 
the state of any stretch of water at its highest level, as during a flood
Abbreviation: HW

high water in American English

1. 
high tide
2. 
the highest level reached by any body of water, as a river

Examples of 'high water' in a sentence
high water

Austell was ahead of her, and had gained the place on the cliff path above the high water mark.
Gaskin, Catherine THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN (2002)
He sat there muttering and scratching his forearm and scowling and still there was another half-hour until high water.
Philip Marsden THE MAIN CAGES (2002)
With half an hour to go before high water, everything was in place.
Philip Marsden THE MAIN CAGES (2002)
"You got an idea in your mind, like evening study hall, and insisted on it come hell or high water.
Barbara Delinsky SUDDENLY (2002)

In other languages
high water

British English: high water NOUN
High water is the time at which the water in a river or sea is at its highest level as a result of the tide.
Fishing is possible for a couple of hours either side of high water.
  • American English: high water
  • Brazilian Portuguese: maré alta
  • Chinese: 满潮
  • European Spanish: marea alta
  • French: marée haute
  • German: Hochwasser
  • Italian: alta marea
  • Japanese: 満潮
  • Korean: 최고 수위
  • European Portuguese: maré alta
  • Latin American Spanish: marea alta
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