tapwater
tapwater — 名詞
1. the water that flows out of indoor pipes when you turn on a tap, used for drinki
自來水
從水龍頭流出、經管線供應的水
the water that flows out of indoor pipes when you turn on a tap, used for drinking, cooking, and washing
In Osaka, Haruto fills the kettle with tap water every morning to make green tea.
在大阪,Haruto 每天早上都用自來水把水壺裝滿,用來泡綠茶。
fill X with tap water — common verb + noun collocation
The hotel warned guests that the tap water was not safe to drink.
旅館提醒房客,這裡的自來水不能直接生飲。
tap water + (not) safe to drink — typical drinkability comment
Sahil boiled the tap water for ten minutes before giving it to his baby daughter.
Sahil 把自來水煮沸十分鐘,才拿給他的小女兒喝。
Many villages still have no clean tap water, so families walk to the well.
許多村莊到現在還是沒有乾淨的自來水,居民只好走到井邊取水。
Restaurants in Berlin often serve free tap water instead of bottled water.
柏林的餐廳常常免費供應自來水,而不是瓶裝水。
- running water
water supplied through indoor pipes; stresses that it flows on demand
- mains water
British term for water drawn from the public supply network
- bottled water
water sold in sealed containers rather than piped in
用法筆記
Uncountable: use 'some tap water' or 'a glass of tap water', never 'a tap water' or 'tap waters'.