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take on water
Language:
Meanings:
1.
Global
neutral
nautical
technical
To admit water into a vessel or craft, causing it to fill or flood.
To begin leaking or to become flooded.
2.
Global
neutral
technical
historical
To replenish a supply of water on board a ship, locomotive, or other vehicle by taking water on board during a stop.
3.
Global
neutral
informal
To become saturated or waterlogged (applied to tents, fabrics, containers, or land).
Examples:
EN:
- This is where we take on water.
ES:
Tenemos que reponer agua.
EN:
They anchored here to take on water and abandon us when they surprised and killed the savages.
ES:
Arribaron aquí para aprovisionarse de agua y abandonarnos cuando sorprendieron y mataron a los salvajes.
EN:
With the streams drying up, we may not be able to take on water.
ES:
Con los arroyos secándose, es posible que no podamos tomar agua.
EN:
- It'll stop. They have to take on water for the upgrade.
ES:
Parará, tienen que tomar agua para subir la pendiente.
EN:
Now the train will come through the tunnel stop to take on water for the grade.
ES:
Ahora el tren pasará por el túnelI parada para tomar agua para el grado.
EN:
A train from the oil fields in the Caucasus makes a stop here to take on water.
ES:
Un trén que llega de los campos petroleros va abastecerse de agua en Danków.
EN:
Andthe only times we stopped were to take on water for the locomotive.
ES:
Y las únicas paradas eran para echar agua a la locomotora.
EN:
You've got three paddles, and you've got one bailer, 'cause you will take on water today, as rough as it is.
ES:
Teneis 3 remos y un achicador de agua, porque las canoas se llenarán de agua.
EN:
Your tent's going to take on water.
ES:
Tu carpa va a acumular agua.
EN:
I take on water, and I expand, and I may change the cabin pressure of that plane.
ES:
Retengo el agua y me expando, y hasta podría cambiar la presión de la cabina.
EN:
'Ahead lay our biggest stop. 'Half-an-hour in Newcastle to take on water and more coal.
ES:
Media hora en Newcastle para reabastecernos de agua y de más carbón
EN:
Lifeboat starts to take on water.
ES:
Empezamos a hacer agua.
EN:
The Urca has a planned stop to take on water somewhere on the coast of Florida.
ES:
El Urca tiene prevista una parada para obtener agua en algún lugar de la costa de Florida.
EN:
There are a dozen bays and inlets within a day's journey from here that will make reasonable locations for the Urca to take on water.
ES:
Hay una docena de bahías y entradas a un día de aquí que serían posibles lugares para que la Urca cargue agua.
EN:
Speedwell began to wallow and take on water.
ES:
Verónica comenzó a revolcarse y a hacer agua.
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