To see which of these ideas are borne out. And which don't hold water.

看看哪种观点最后得到了证实，哪种观点站不住脚。

But even this more nuanced approach doesn't seem to hold water.

即使这些细微的推进也似乎站不住脚。

The area is a triggy, because it contains an ancient layer of hematite an iron oxide that on Earth usually forms in a spot that held liquid water.

这个区域很奇特，因为它含有一层赤矿，一层，在地球上通常会含有水份。

So perlite doesn't hold that much water.

珍珠岩无法容纳这么多水。

A special equipment bag holds water, gloves, hardhat, fire shelter and other personal belongings.

此外，还有一个特殊的设备袋，可以装水、手套、安全帽、防火棚等个人物品。

Of course, some might " float" a " tub" full of questions about " flood insurance" or " indoor plumbing" , but as long as the idea holds " water" and hopefully the home doesn't.

当，有些人可能会漂浮在一个装满水的浴缸里，但只要这个想法能“站得住脚”，这个家就不会散。

So, unlike those containers, this hypothesis just didn't hold water.

所以，与那些容器不同的是，这个假说是站不住脚的。

TEPCO says it plans to build more tanks to hold additional water.

东京司表示，该司计划建造更多水箱储存更多污水。

However, for US prosecutors, it seems that such an image no longer holds water.

而，对于美国检方来说，这种说法似乎已经站不得住脚。

The best way to control dengue is by removing containers that hold still water.

控制登革热的最佳方法是移除装有静止水的容器。

The dams hold water for a few purposes.

这些水坝蓄水有几个目的。

However, these rivers have a sandy bottom, and the sand can hold water.

而，这些河流的底部是砂质的，沙子可以容纳水。

Even a dry river bed holds water if you know where to look.

如果你懂得如何寻找的话，即便是干涸的河床依饱含水分。

Vacuoles are basically storage tanks that the cell uses to hold water or other materials.

液泡基本上算作储存器，被细胞用来保存水或者是其他物质。

The scientists say warmer air holds more water, or moisture.

科学家表示，温暖的空气含有更多的水分。

The researchers say the finding adds weight to the idea that the water basins on Mars may have once held the materials required to support life.

研究人员表示，这一发现进一步证实了火星盆地中可能存在维持生命所需物质的这一观点。

Another common expression, " to hold water" , is about the strength or weakness of an idea or opinion that you may be arguing about. It probably comes from a way of testing the condition of a container.

另一个谚语，“盛住水”，和你可能正在商讨的某个想法的优缺点有关。这个谚语很可能来自一种测试容器的状况的方法。

It formed about 3.8 billion years ago and it held more water than ten times that of the Great Lakes, or three times that of the Caspian Sea on Earth.

它形成于大约 38 亿年前，蕴藏的水量是地球上五大湖的十倍多，或者是里海的三倍。

Now, that's sponge is sustained by forests, protecting water or creating rainfall, receiving rainfall and flushing it down into the peatlands that hold that water for thousands of years.

这块海绵由森林支撑着，保护水源或制造降雨，接受降雨并将其冲刷到泥炭地中，而泥炭地能将水保持数千年。

But that can't be due to human activity. The only way for the atmosphere to hold more water vapour is if it gets warmer. So... Hang on, you're not saying...

还早呢！大气中的水确实也在增加。