pink water
- noun
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agua rosa
- Tourists flocked to the lake to see the unusual pink water caused by a rare algae bloom.
Examples
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Scientists collected samples from the pink water to study the bacteria responsible for the color.
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The pond's pink water shimmered in the sunlight, creating a striking natural scene.
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The lake was filled with pink water this summer.
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Have you seen the pink waters at the salt flats?
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Scientists collected samples from the pink water to study the algae that caused the unusual coloration.
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The pond's pink water shimmered beautifully under the afternoon sun, attracting many visitors.
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Tourists were amazed by the lake's pink water, a stunning result of the unique algae bloom.
How Pink
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'pink water' is directly and transparently derived from 'pink' (a pale red color) modifying 'water' (a body of water), so it simply denotes water that appears pink. This adjective + noun composition is cross-linguistically common and does not require knowledge of the biological or mineral causes, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand the meaning.
Etymology
Pink water can also come from the clear image of a lake whose water is turned pink by small living things such as algae or bacteria, or by minerals. So it means 'water in a lake or pond that looks pink because of algae, bacteria, or minerals'.