hold water
US /hold ˈwɔtɚ/
・UK /həuld ˈwɔ:tə/
A1 初級
v.i.不及物動詞經得起驗證
His alibi just doesn't hold water; it's full of holes.
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一一 (10 Pranks With Edible School Supplies! Back To School Prank Wars!)
11:20
- Wengie: You can use your empty glue bottle, as a small bottle to either hold water or Sprite or in this case, some clear Gatorade, perfect to sneak into class to quench your thirst!
Wengie：你可以用你的空膠水瓶，作為一個小瓶子，既可以裝水，也可以裝雪碧，或者在這種情況下，可以裝一些透明的佳得樂，非常適合偷偷帶進教室解渴!
哪種對你來說更糟糕。糖還是脂肪？ (Which is Worse For You: Sugar or Fat?)
13:29
- But even this more nuanced approach doesn't seem to hold water.
但是，即使這種更加細微的方法似乎也無法解決問題。
為什麼會有云？ (Why Are There Clouds?)
03:15
- hold water molecules together. As the patch of air above collects moisture and heat cooler,
讓海、植物和土壤中的水蒸發。 上方的空氣有了濕度和熱能，
Stephen A. 與 Max 談論 Mark Cuban 與小牛隊賽前奏國歌的爭議！| First Take (Stephen A. and Max discuss Mark Cuban and the national anthem at Mavs games | First Take)
06:02
- Obviously, that's something that we're going to dio that doesn't hold water here.
很顯然，這一點我們要dio的東西，在這裡是不成立的。
所有的水壩都應該被拆除嗎？ (Should All Dams Be Removed?)
07:45
- If you hold water back by dams, that water becomes toxic or it'll lose oxygen, both of which are not good when that water is eventually released.
如果你用水壩擋住水，水就會變得有毒或失去氧氣，這兩種情況在水最終被釋放時都不是好事。
請看我們的新書! (Check out our NEW BOOK!)
03:12
- These meteoroids formed far enough from the sun that they can hold water and the water, they do have has similar levels of heavy hydrogen as earth's water, like the water raining outside.
這些流星體的形成離太陽足夠遠，它們可以容納水，而且這些水確實具有與地球上的水相似的重氫含量，就像外面下雨的水一樣。
冷卻塔為什麼是這個形狀？ (Why Are Cooling Towers Shaped Like That?)
19:48
- First, as the temperature of air goes up, its capacity to hold water goes up too.
首先，隨著空氣溫度的升高，它的持水能力也會隨之升高。
宇宙最大謎團 - 時間】Brian Greene 葛林 - 物理學家由淺至深解釋時間 | 早晚會思考的問題 (【宇宙最大謎團 - 時間】Brian Greene 葛林 - 物理學家由淺到深解釋時間 | 早晚會思考的問題)
08:19
- Does that hold water?
這站得住腳嗎？
美國自由派教會衰弱？保守教會當道？（Liberal Churches Disappearing & Conservative/Strict Churches Thrive? Strict Church Theory.）
15:46
- And even if the strict church theory does hold water to some degree, it's obvious
即使嚴格的教會理論在某種程度上確實站得住腳，很明顯
NRC 呈現：斯蒂芬-克拉申談 "想讀就讀"（第二部分） (NRC Presents: Stephen Krashen on Reading Because You Want To (Part 2))
34:04
- I will quote John Gardner, former secretary in the cabinet of President Bill Clinton, and he had this quote, if we praise mediocre philosophy and we disrespect competent plumbing, neither our theories nor our pipes will hold water.
我想引用比爾-克林頓總統內閣前祕書約翰-加德納的話，他說過這樣一句話：如果我們讚美平庸的哲學，卻不尊重稱職的水管，那麼我們的理論和水管都不會有水。