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词汇 wash
释义 wash
verb
uk /wɒʃ/ us /wɑːʃ/

washverb (CLEAN)


A1[ T ]
to clean something using water: 洗,清洗,洗涤
wash your hair/hands洗你的头/手
wash the car/clothes/floor洗车/洗衣服/擦洗地板
These sheets need washing.这些床单需要洗洗。
wash something outI'll wash the bottle out (= clean its inside) and use it again.我要把瓶子洗干净再用。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to wash something
washHave you washed the dishes yet?
washWash your hands before dinner, please.
batheHave you bathed yet today?
showerI always shower after I exercise.
rinseShe rinsed the cloth in the sink.
soakShe soaked the T-shirt overnight to get rid of the stains.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to clean something
cleanDid you clean the kitchen?
washYou need to wash your hands before supper.
clean upClean up this mess!
clean outI spent the weekend cleaning out the kitchen cabinets.
wipeShe wiped the mirrors until they shone.
wipe downWe wipe down the tables after every customer leaves.
A1[ I ](US alsowash up)
to clean yourself, or a part of yourself, with water and usually soap: (用水和肥皂)洗(身体的某部分);洗澡
I'd like to wash before dinner.吃饭前我要洗洗手。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to wash something
washHave you washed the dishes yet?
washWash your hands before dinner, please.
batheHave you bathed yet today?
showerI always shower after I exercise.
rinseShe rinsed the cloth in the sink.
soakShe soaked the T-shirt overnight to get rid of the stains.
 wash wellmainly UK
If a particular material or piece of clothing washes well, it is not damaged or spoiled by repeated washing: 耐洗,经洗
We use a linen-mix fabric, which washes well and is soft to the touch.
How often do you wash your hair?你多久洗一次头发?
He hardly ever washes the dishes and he rarely, if ever, does any cleaning.
This T-shirt has been washed so many times that it's lost its shape.
Armed with a bucket and a mop, I started washing the floor.提着桶和拖把,我开始拖地板。
The fruit is washed and then graded by size.水果洗净后按大小分等级。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cleaning generally
brush someone/something off
cleaner
cleaning
cleanse
cleansing
groom
hoovering
mop
pick
pick someone/something up
purification
purifier
rinse
scrub
sponge
spring-cleaning
squeegee
steam-clean
sterilizing
swill

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Personal care - general words

washverb (FLOW)


[ Iusually+ adv/prep ]literary
If water washes somewhere, it flows there, usually repeatedly: (水)漫过,流过,冲刷
wash overShe stood on the shore and let the water wash over her tired feet.她站在岸边,任水漫过她疲惫的双脚。
 wash someone/something up/ashore/overboard[ often passive ]
(of the sea) to carry something or someone to or away from a place: (海水)把…冲上岸/冲走
Overnight the waves had washed up a lot of rubbish.一夜之间海水将大量垃圾冲上了岸。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Movement of liquids
backsplash
be dripping with somethingidiom
brim
brim over
brim with something
drool
funnel
leakage
pour
pour-over
reinject
reinjection
respray
ripple
spate
staunch
stem
swash
swill
swirl

Idioms


wash (with someone)
wash your hands of something
wash your mouth out (with soap/soapy water)

Phrasal verbs


wash something away
wash something down
wash off
wash something off
wash (something) out
wash something out
wash (something) up
wash up
wash
noun
uk /wɒʃ/ us /wɑːʃ/

washnoun (CLEANING)


A2[ Cusually singular ]
the action of washing something or a part of your body: 洗,洗涤;洗澡
good washThose curtains need a good (= careful) wash.那些窗帘需要好好洗一洗了。
Erik needed a good wash after playing in the garden.埃里克在花园里玩过之后需要好好洗个澡。
 the wash[ S ]
all the clothes, sheets, etc. that are washed together, especially in a washing machine: (尤指用洗衣机一起洗的)所有衣物
put sth in the washCan I put this shirt in (with) the white wash?我能把这件衬衫同白色的衣服一起洗吗?
mainly US
→ washing: 洗衣服
I used to do the wash in the sink until I got a new washing machine.
 have a washUK
to wash your body or a part of it: 洗一洗(身体某部分);洗澡
I need to have a wash before dinner吃饭前我要洗洗手。
 do a washUK
to clean clothes, sheets, etc., usually in a washing machine: (通常指用洗衣机)洗衣物
Are you doing a wash tonight?你今天晚上要洗衣服吗?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cleaning generally
brush someone/something off
cleaner
cleaning
cleanse
cleansing
groom
hoovering
mop
pick
pick someone/something up
purification
purifier
rinse
scrub
sponge
spring-cleaning
squeegee
steam-clean
sterilizing
swill

washnoun (THIN LAYER)


[ C ]
a thin layer of water or paint mixed with water, especially one that is brushed lightly over a painting to make the lines softer: (水的)一层;(涂料的)薄涂层
a blue wash/ a wash of blue一层蓝漆
Just before the paint dries, I give it a light wash.油漆即将干透时,我又在上面涂上薄薄的一层。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Painting, drawing & printing
airbrush
axonometric
brushstroke
brushwork
chiaroscuro
describe
drawing
drawn
engraving
etching
face painting
illustrate
paint
painterly
painting
painting by numbersidiom
pentimento
shade
touch something in
vanishing point

washnoun (EVEN SITUATION)


[ Cusually singular ]US
an event or situation in which positive and negative things balance each other: 均衡局势
If pollution controls are enforced here, the factories will move to where they're allowed to pollute, so it'll be a wash as far as clear air goes.假如这里要施行控制污染的措施,那些工厂就会搬到允许污染的地方。因此就空气的清洁而言,这一举措说不上好或坏。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Balance and imbalance
accord with something
align
axisymmetric
balance (something) out/up
balance of power
harmoniously
harmonization
harmonize
harmony
imbalance
never the twain shall meetidiom
non-symmetrical
nonequilibrium
off balance
on an even keelidiom
top-heavy
trade something off
unbalance
unharmonious
well balanced

washnoun (FLOW)


[ S ]literary
(the sound made) when the sea moves against land, etc.: 海浪的冲刷声
Outside the house, she could hear the gentle wash of the waves on the beach.在公寓房间外面,她可以听到海浪冲刷沙滩发出的轻柔声响。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
bang around
bleep
boop
choo-choo
chuff
clap along
click away
honk
peal
resonance
rumble
spit
squeak
susurrus
swoosh
thrum
thunk
tick-tock
ticking
whisper

Idiom


it will (all) come out in the wash

the wash


phrase[ S ]
all the clothes, sheets, etc. that are washed together, especially in a washing machine: (尤指用洗衣机一起洗的)所有衣物
put sth in the washCan I put this shirt in (with) the white wash?我能把这件衬衫同白色的衣服一起洗吗?
in the wash"Where's my pink shirt?" "It's in the wash" (= being washed or in a pile of clothes that is going to be washed).“我的粉红衬衫呢?”“正在洗着呢(或在要洗的衣服堆里)。”
I hung the wash out to dry.
mainly US
→ washing: 洗衣服
I used to do the wash in the sink until I got a new washing machine.
If you throw a cup of vinegar in the wash, it'll make your clothes smell fresh.
Uh oh, I think a pen went through the wash.
See also
washnoun(CLEANING)
-wash
suffix
uk /-wɒʃ/ us /-wɑːʃ/
used with adjectives and nouns to form verbs that refer to the actions of an organization, etc. that tries to make people believe that they are helping or protecting someone or something, when really they are not doing this or are doing something harmful:
A business or organization is bluewashing when it makes misleading claims about how socially responsible its products or services are.
The Gay Pride organizers refused to let the event be pinkwashed by large corporations.
See also
greenwash
whitewash
It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month and many manufacturers are pinkwashing their products.
Many of the ads for Fair Trade items are just producers fairwashing their products.
The pharmaceutical company had bluewashed its image by committing to the United Nations Global Compact.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Lies, lying & hypocrisy
a pack of liesidiom
artifice
bad faith
black is whiteidiom
cakeism
falsehood
falsification
feed someone a lineidiom
fib
fiction
lie
mythologically
mythologize
perjure
perjury
someone can talk!idiom
washing
weasel words
white lie
whopper

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Faking & pretending
Hiding and disguising

wash | American Dictionary


wash
verb[ I/T ]
us/wɑʃ, wɔʃ/

washverb[I/T] (CLEAN)


to make something or yourself clean, or to become clean, using water and usually soap:
[ T ]Alex washed his face and combed his hair.
[ T ]I hate washing dishes.

washverb[I/T] (FLOW)


(esp. of water) to flow or to cause to flow, often carrying something along:
[ I ]Waves washed against the boat.
[ T ]Heavy rains always wash the sand down the hill.
If something is washed away, it is carried off by heavy rain or a flood:
[ M ]Even trees and cars were washed away in this flood.
If something washes up or washes ashore, water has moved it there:
[ M ]That storm washed a lot of crabs up on the shore.

Idioms


doesn't wash
wash your hands of someone or something

Phrasal verbs


wash down something
wash off (something)
wash out (something)
wash out something
wash up
wash up
wash
noun
us/wɑʃ, wɔʃ/

washnoun (NO CHANGE)


[ Cusually sing ]
an event or situation in which positive and negative things balance each other:
I sold my car for about what it cost me, so it was a wash.

washnoun (CLEAN)


[ C/U ]
an act of washing, or clothing, sheets, and other cloth items being cleaned together:
[ Cusually sing ]I went days without a wash or a change of clothes.
[ U ]She did a load of wash and hung it up to dry.

Examples of wash


wash
The book includes numerous colour photographs, but many are not sharp or their colours are washed out.
The remaining parasites were washed 3 times with 12 ml of a cold solution of unlabelled arginine (260 /ig/ml) by centrifugation (1400 g.min).
But it wasn't washing dishes or mending socks that earned her this title.
The dwellings were rectangular and their exterior walls were whitened with either a wash of clay or with lime.
They also enhanced their beauty through facial tattooing, washing daily, plaiting and applying red ochre to their hair, wearing sweet-smelling leaves and using love medicines.
Both hotel staff and attendees should practice effective hand washing after using the bathroom.
In brief, washed labelled trypomastigotes (5 x 104/tube) were dispensed into small plastic tubes.
After the pulping the coffee beans are washed and the remaining pulp is usually composted.
There was a highly significant association between the age group of camper and whether they washed their hands.
They were washed in several changes of deionized water and dehydrated in an ascending series of acetone concentrations.
Usually - overwhelmingly likely, in typical cases - the exact behaviour of the microscopic constituents does ' wash out', and become irrelevant to the macroscopic behaviour.
These kind creatures next turned their attention to our personal appearance, and prevailed upon us to shave and wash ourselves.
Three regular verbs (wash, mend, paint) and three irregular verbs (eat, hit, cut) were used in a total of 48 sentences.
Before culture, the oocytes were washed three times in a maturation culture medium.
Eggs were washed with sterilized water by successive centrifugations, counted and scored according to their stage of maturity using light microscopy.
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