waterworks
n. 供水系统, 自来水厂, 喷泉, 眼泪
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The water supply system of a district, town, city, or other place, including reservoirs, pipes, and pumps.
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Any single facility, such as a filtration plant or pumping station, within such a system.
She is employed by a waterworks at the outskirts of the city.
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Often in the form turn on the waterworks: crying or tears, especially in a way that is considered manipulative or over-emotional.
比喻 非正式She turned on the waterworks when we told her the old man was dead, but she was asking questions about the will soon enough.
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Rain.
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The genitourinary system.
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A hydraulic apparatus by which a supply of water is furnished for ornamental purposes; also, an ornamental fountain or waterfall.
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Engineering works relating to the conveyance and flow of fluids (principally water), such as the collection and distribution of water, drainage, irrigation, etc.
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plural of waterwork
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词源
From water + works (“machine, mechanism; factory or factories”).
来源：wiktionary