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单词 watertightness
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
wa•ter•tight /ˈwɔtɚˌtaɪt, ˈwɑtɚ-/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. Nauticalconstructed or fitted so tightly as to prevent water from penetrating.
  2. that cannot be shown to be false:a watertight alibi for the night of the murder.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
wa•ter•tight  (wôtər tīt′, wotər-),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water:The ship had six watertight compartments.
  2. so devised or planned as to be impossible to defeat, evade, or nullify:a watertight contract; a watertight alibi.
  • 1350–1400; Middle English; see water, tight
water•tight′ness, n. 

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