At first thought it seems incredible that there can be enough space in the "solid" ground underfoot to hold all this water.
乍一想，似乎难以置信的是，在脚下的“坚实”地面上居然有足够的空间来容纳这么多的水。
Less vegetation means the soil can't hold water as well; the soil loses its ability to retain water when it does rain.
更少的植被意味着土壤也无法保持水分；下雨时土壤就失去了保持水分的能力。
An hour later, the son came back with the empty basket and told his father it was impossible to hold water with the basket.
一个小时后，儿子带着空篮子回来了，告诉父亲用篮子装水是不可能的。
He beat the water with his paws to hold himself up, but the harder he tried, the deeper he sank.
他用爪子拍打水面，想让自己浮起来，可是越用力，沉下去得越深。
Then it snows because as the air rises, it cools off and loses its capacity to hold water vapor.
然后就会下雪，因为当空气上升时，它就会冷却并失去保持水蒸气的能力。
It could float in water, if there was a tub large enough to hold it.
如果有一个足够大到能放下它的盆，它会浮在水面上的。
And just think, when you swim in the pond, you will be able to hold your eyes above the water. Don't you see?
想想看，当你在池塘游泳时，还可以将眼睛放在水面上，那样你就什么都能看见不是吗，这样还更好一些！
The typical solution is for a city to build larger pipes and a giant underground tank to hold the excess water until sewers can handle the flow.
典型的解决方法是建造更大直径的排水管和巨大的地下水箱来容纳过量的来水，直至下水管网能够自行处理水流。
The strength of the rainfall within it, though, is likely to rise, because the air will be warmer, and warmer air can hold more water.
然而，由于空气越来越温暖，温暖的空气能够保持更多的水分，故而季风带来的降雨的力度会加大。
But the lakes themselves remain; and while much of America is regularly afflicted by drought, they hold enough water to submerge the entire country.
但是湖泊却还在这里。尽管美国大部分地区都定期遭受干旱之苦，五大湖的蓄水量却足以将整个国家淹没。
"There is no unified flat Earth model, " Shenton suggests, "but the most commonly accepted one is that it's more or less a disc, with a ring of something to hold in the water.
“尽管平坦地球论还没有公认的模型，”珊顿说，”但为多数人接受的观点认为，地球形状是个圆盘，并且在水中托着一圈某种东西。
When air is cooled to a point at which the air's capacity to hold more water vapor is zero, saturation is reached.
当空气进一步冷却到容纳更多水汽的能力为零(的那一点)时，饱和状态就达到了。
There is an underwater obstacle section. Participants have to hold their breath and make their way through the muddy, freezing water.
这里进行的是水下障碍物项目，挑战者必须屏住呼吸穿越冰冷的泥潭。
The suggestion that speculators deliberately manipulate markets to earn profits through bubbles and busts simply does not hold water.
那些声称投资者通过故意操纵市场，利用泡沫的产生和破灭来赢取利润的理论根本站不住脚。
So why does eyewitness testimony continue to hold water in courtrooms?
那么为什么目击证人的证词在法庭上总是站得住脚的呢？
The bottle is too small to hold so much water.
瓶子太小，不能装那么多水。
This theory also fails to hold water.
这种理论也站不住脚。
But the argument that Japan needs to intervene in the currency markets because the yen is too strong doesn't hold water.
但是辩称日本需要在货币市场进行干预是因为日元太强并不成立。
They have to hold at least 11, 500 liters of water.
这台大家伙得储存至少11 500升水(约11.5吨)。
Because fresh water is lighter, care had to be taken not to draw down the lake too much in any given year lest the covering layer of fresh water becomes too light to hold the salt water down.
因为淡水比重较轻，所以每一年从湖中取水都需要慎之又慎，否则顶层淡水过少会无法覆盖咸水。
And while much of America is regularly afflicted by drought, they hold enough water to submerge the entire country.
尽管美国大部分地区都定期遭受干旱之苦，五大湖的蓄水量却足以将整个国家淹没。
It suggests to Farihi that both the hydrogen and the heavy elements come from the same source - planetary debris - which would be most likely to hold hydrogen in the form of water.
这一事实向Farihi表明氢和重元素来自同一来源——行星残骸——其很有可能以水的形式保存氢。
What's more, a La Nina effect, bringing cold water to the eastern equatorial Pacific, has taken hold.
而且更为重要的是，在拉尼娜现象的作用之下，冰冷的海水被带到东太平洋赤道处。
The first step that you should take to treat a minor burn is to hold it under cold, running water for 10 to 15 minutes.
在水龙头下冲洗伤口10到15分钟。
But the company also confirmed that efforts to collect oil from the surface of the water had been temporarily placed on hold due to Hurricane Alex, which is currently passing through the region.
英国石油公司同时确认因飓风“Alex”目前正要刮过该区域，从海面收集漏油的工作只能暂时停止。
Gas Drilling Companies Hold Data Needed by Researchers to Assess Risk to Water quality.
天然气钻井公司手里掌握着水样数据资料，研究人员可以用这些数据进行环境风险研究。
None of his arguments seemed to me to hold water.
对我来说，他所有的论点都是站不住脚的。
None of his arguments seemed to me to hold water.
对我来说，他所有的论点都是站不住脚的。
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