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。
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。
They help to hold water on land.
保持陆地上的水土。
网子里怎么装水？
This theory also fails to hold water.
这种理论也站不住脚。
Font is used to hold water for baptism.
洗礼盘用来装洗礼用的圣水。
None of his arguments seem to hold water.
他的论点都站不住脚。
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 that delegate's arguments seem to hold water.
那个代表的所有论点，看来都是站不住脚的。
It also improves the ability of the soil to hold water.
还可以改善土壤的吃水能力。
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？
Pits need special lining to hold water, and should be covered if possible.
这些坑需要特殊的内层防止漏水，如果可能也应有盖。
The capacity of air to hold water vapor depends on its temperature and pressure.
通过改变气体压力保持一定体积来测量温度。
The method can quickly judge the soil's ability to hold water and absorb nutrients.
这种方法能很快的判断土壤的蓄水和汲养的能力。
The method can quickly judge the soil's ability to hold water and take-in nutrients.
该方法可以快速判断出土壤锁水和吸收养分的能力。
The method can quickly judge the soil's ability to hold water and take –in nutrients.
这种方法能快速判断出土壤蓄水和吸收养分的能力。
Take viatic network immediately, announced formally to hold water in Beijing in November 2011.
立马走旅行网，2011年11月在北京正式宣布成立。
In front of the hall, there are a couple of gilded bronze vats, which were used to hold water in case of fire.
在大殿前，有一对镀金的青铜大缸，它是用来装水的以防火灾。
Another common expression, "to hold water," is about the strength or weakness of an idea or opinion that you may be arguing about.
另一个常见的表达是to hold water(站得住脚；合情合理)，事关一个想法、观点或论点有力与否。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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