单词 | hold water |
释义 | hold water (once / 10794 pages) v WORD FAMILY hold water: held water, holding water, holds water USAGE EXAMPLESThat last part may turn out to hold water. Los Angeles Times(Nov 23, 2016) Tax experts said that this argument was unlikely to hold water. Washington Post(Nov 22, 2016) In part, that’s because sulfate in the gypsum binds with magnesium in the soil, helping the soil hold water. Science Magazine(Nov 17, 2016) v resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc. This theory won't hold water Syn|Hyper hold up, stand up endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on, survive continue to live through hardship or adversity |
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