Definition
- C2
If a reason, argument, or explanation holds water, it is valid, sound, or logical.
（理由、論點或解釋）經得起檢驗，屬實
The theory he proposed simply doesn't hold water.
他提出的理論根本站不住腳。
Their explanation just doesn't hold water at all.
他們的解釋根本站不住腳。
The excuse he gave didn't really hold water.
他給的藉口根本站不住腳。