English-Thai Dictionary
waterworks
N การประปา kan-pa-pa
waterworks
SL การร้องไห้ kan-rong-hai
waterworks
SL ระบบ ปัสสาวะ ra-bob-pad-sa-wa
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
WATERWORK
WATERWORK Wa "ter *work `, n.
1. (Paint. )
Defn: Painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas or walls, -- formerly, frequently taking the place of tapestry. Shak. Fairholt.
2. An hydraulic apparatus, or a system of works or fixtures, by which a supply of water is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes, including dams, sluices, pumps, aqueducts, distributing pipes, fountains, etc. ; -- used chiefly in the plural.
New American Oxford Dictionary
waterworks
wa ter works |ˈwôtərˌwərks, ˈwä -ˈwɔdərˌwərks ˈwɑdərˌwərks | ▶plural noun 1 [ treated as sing. ] an establishment for managing a water supply. 2 informal used to refer to the shedding of tears: she is an expert at turning on the waterworks to manipulate others.
Oxford Dictionary
waterworks
water |works |ˈwɔːtəwəːks | ▶plural noun 1 [ treated as sing. ] an establishment for managing a water supply. 2 informal used to refer to the shedding of tears: she is an expert at turning on the waterworks to manipulate others. • Brit. used as a humorous euphemism for the urinary system.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
waterworks
w á ter w ò rks 名詞 複 ～1 〖単複両扱い 〗水道 [給水 ]設備 .2 〖単数扱い 〗浄水場, 給水所 .3 ｟くだけて /おどけて ｠〖複数扱い 〗泌尿器 .turn ò n the w á terworks ｟話 ｠(同情を得るために )泣き出す, 涙腺 （るいせん ）を緩める .
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