英和和英

名詞

water bar (複数形 water bars)

1. Alternative form of waterbar
   1. Waterbreak.
      • 2014, Aaron Shepard, When is a Man:

        “Fuck,” he shouted and tapped on his brakes,too hard,and fishtailed through a water bar, the nose ofhis vehicle slamming down hard, then skyward.

   2. Waterstop.
      • 2014, Michael Mcevoy, External Components, page 101:

        Alternatively, sub-sills may be made from stone, canted brick or concrete, perhaps incorporating a water bar to locate the timber sill horizontally and act as an additional check against the penetration of mosture.

2. A business that sells bottled water.
   • 2008, Hongying Yang, Mo's Mischief: Super Cool Uncle, page 68:

     Well, a pub, internet cafe, juice bar, water bar, snack bar, pottery-making bar, toy bar, ball bar, piano bar . . . which kind of bar do you like?

3. A bar on the side of a swimming pool that serves alcoholic beverages to swimmers.
   • 2012, D.S. Carroll Jr., Memoirs of an Impurfect Salesman, page 36:

     We went to the pool which had a great slide and water bar.

4. A court that specializes in water-rights law.
   • 2009, P. Andrew Jones, Tom Cech, Colorado Water Law for Non-Lawyers, page x:

     This situation has created the largest water bar of any state. The cost of hiring lawyers and engineers to battle out water matters is troubling.