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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 aque·ous /ˈekwiəs, ˈæ-/
 (a.)水的,水成的

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 aque·ous /ˈekwɪəs, ˈækwɪ-/ 形容詞
 水的,眼房水的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 A·que·ous a.
 1. Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it; watery.
    The aqueous vapor of the air.   --Tyndall.
 2. Made from, or by means of, water.
    An aqueous deposit.   --Dana.
 Aqueous extract, an extract obtained from a vegetable substance by steeping it in water.
 Aqueous humor Anat., one the humors of the eye; a limpid fluid, occupying the space between the crystalline lens and the cornea. (See Eye.)
 Aqueous rocks Geol., those which are deposited from water and lie in strata, as opposed to volcanic rocks, which are of igneous origin; -- called also sedimentary rocks.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 aqueous
      adj : similar to or containing or dissolved in water; "aqueous
            solutions"