She washed her face with cold water.

她用冷水洗脸。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

He splashed his face with cold water.

他朝脸上泼冷水。

《牛津词典》

She put the plug in the sink and filled it with cold water.

她用塞子塞住水池，并将其注满冷水。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Throwing cold water also is an expression that deals with ideas or proposals.

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This is, you see, also on 2 at the beginning here: I went to the cold-water flat with the boys and Dean came to the door in his shorts.

你们看，这也是在第二页的开始：,我和男孩们去了冷水公寓,安穿着短裤来到门口。

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Those rooms are very damp and cold and the walls drip with water."

VOA: special.2009.02.07

Energy firm Con Edison also shut down miles of steam pipes under the city to prevent explosions if they come into contact with cold water.

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Fill two large pots (or two sinks) with cold water.

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If those in this house survived the Panic of 1893 or the Great Depression, or bathed with cold water and used an outhouse, then surely I know I can weather high gas prices.

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