Boulton's factory was powered by water-wheels but these stopped turning whenever the streams dried up.

Most nonmetal chlorides are decomposed by water.

大多数非金属氯化物都可以被水分解.

Many farmers fields are irrigated by water.

许多农民的土地用水浇灌.

Most plants are nourished by water drawn up through their roots.

多数植物是靠着根吸收水分来维持生命的.

That the earth surface has 3 / 4 ths is covered by water.

地球表面有四分之三被水覆盖.

Mold temperature is controlled by water flow in cooling channels.

模具温度可用冷却槽中水的流动来控制.

Some came by land and some by water.

一些人由旱路来,一些人从水路来.

They'll go to Hongkong by water.

他们将打水路去香港.

The quality of the wine is diluted by water.

这酒因掺水而味道不佳.

It was a mile by water, four miles round the shore.

由水路去只有一英里, 沿岸绕行要四英里.

A whirlpool is formed by water going round very fast.

漩涡是由不断快速旋转的水形成的.

I don't owe him by way of gratitude.

我不该他的情.

He was dismissed by way of disciplinary punishment.

他被开除以示惩戒.

He came by way of Shanghai.

他由上海转道而来.

He did it by way of helping me.

他这么做的目的在于帮助我.

Please take a message to him by way of reply.

请你给他带个回话.

She will return to his country by way of Bangkok.

她将经曼谷归国.

By way of illustration I'll refer to the behavior of rabbits.

我将举例说明兔子的行为.

We had some sandwiches by way of a meal.

我们吃了一些三明治,就算是一顿饭了.

They're going to Poland by way of France and Germany.

他们要去波兰,途经法国和德国.

"It's my ulcer," he added by way of explanation.

“那是因为我得了溃疡，”他补充解释说。