the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean);

"they invaded our territorial waters"

"they were sitting by the water's edge"

The Romans adopted this name for the great body of water beyond the Mediterranean and since their other word for a big body of water was mare they in fact called the outer one the mare oceanus.

罗马人采用这个名字来命名地中海以外的广阔的水域，因为他们的另一个意思为大水域的单词是mare，而实际上他们称范围更大的水域为mareoceanus。

Go outside and take a walk each day, or take the time to watch a sunset or sunrise. Or find a body of water - the ocean, a lake, a river, a pond - and spend time taking a look at it, contemplating it.

每天都花点时间外出散步，或是看看日出日落，又或者是对着水面发呆一段时间，可以是海洋，湖泊，河流或是池塘。

A natural opening, as the part of a stream or river that empties into a larger body of water or the entrance to a harbor, canyon, valley, or cave.

河口一个自然形成的开口，作为溪流或河水的一部分，可通过此口流入更大的水域或港湾、峪或洞的入口。

The body of water shown on the right of the image is shallow and situated on a single plate, and it is known for its tranquil calm waters and geologic inactivity.

图片右边表明这里的水比较浅，且位于一个单独的板块上。这里的水非常平静，地质活动也不活跃。

Today, people easily cross the Atlantic Ocean by plane and cavalierly refer to the great body of water as 「the pond.」

时至今日，人们乘坐飞机能轻易的飞越大西洋，轻慢地对待这宏大的水体如「池塘」。

The eastern state of Massachusetts is the 「Bay state.」 This body of water separates most of the state from famous Cape Cod.

东部的马萨诸塞州是海湾之州。这片水域将鳕鱼角起和这个州的大部分分割开来。

Investigations conducted between 2007-2009 revealed a body of water that sits in the bottom of a narrow, steep-sided valley.

2009年间的考察报告显示水体分布在一个狭长而陡峭的峡谷中。

Buried under Ganymede「s thick crust of ice, NASA scientists believe there is an ocean deeper than any body of water on Earth.

美国宇航局的科学家们相信，埋在木卫三的厚冰壳下面，有一个比地球上任何水区都深的海洋。

This legendary body of water is the country」s second largest loch, slightly smaller in surface area, though deeper, than loch Lomond to its south.

传奇似的水域，这是这个国家的第二大湖，它比在它在南面的洛蒙德湖面积稍微小一些，可是却要深一些。

Christie「s said the viewer was 「not invited to consider a specific place along the river, but rather an almost 」platonic' ideal of the body of water as it navigates the landscape」.

佳士得拍卖行称，「这张照片驾驭了莱茵河的美景，因此，这张照片并不是想让看照片的人注意河岸上的某个特定的位置，而是去感受整片水域的一个完美状态。」

Eachyear, they are removed from the lake before the winter cold arrives and takento another, warmer body of water where they reside as the Alster freezes over.

每年在寒冷的冬季将艾尔斯特湖冰封之前，天鹅们都会从湖中被转移到另一个更加温暖的水域过冬。

The eastern state of Massachusetts is the 「Bay state.」 This body of water separates most of the state from famous Cape Cod.

东部的马萨诸塞州被成为「海湾州」。海水将该州的大部分与着名的科德角半岛分隔开来。

Ocean mixing is the process whereby turbulence and currents redistribute heat and bring nitrogen, carbon and other elements from one part of a body of water to another.

海洋混合是水流动蕩的过程，电流重新分配热量，氮、碳和其他元素从一个水体转到另一个水体。

This space begins with the surprise of a contained body of water that gets under an ample terrace which afterwards opens towards the golf field.

这个空间首先通过水体给人们带来惊喜，这些水流淌在一个宽敞的露台之下，然后便会通向高尔夫球场。

It is probably the most polluted body of water in the world.

这很可能是世界上受污染最严重的一片水域。

For the record, the body of water in question has been known - in maps, literature and official usage - as the Persian Gulf for more than two millenia.

根据记载，这片有争议的水域一直-在地图、文献和官方用语中-以波斯湾（的名称）存在了2000多年。

When a large mass of dirt and rock falls into a body of water very quickly the water is displaced and starts racing away from the slide.

当大量泥石掉入水体时，大片的水会迅速涌出。