| 词汇 | washing |
| 释义 | washing noun[ U ] uk /ˈwɒʃ.ɪŋ/ us /ˈwɑː.ʃɪŋ/(also mainly USwash) the act of washing clothes: 洗衣服 Machines make doing the washing easy.机器使洗衣变得容易。 clothes, sheets, etc. that need to be or have just been washed: 待洗的衣物;刚洗过的衣物 I hang/peg the washing out on the line.我把洗好的衣服晾出去，挂／夹在晾衣绳上。 Put those clothes in a pile for washing . I must just get the washing in. I'd hung the washing out on the clothes line.我会把洗好的衣物晾在晾衣绳上。 I've already done one lot of washing.我已经洗完了一批衣服。 Take your filthy paws off my nice clean washing! Cleaning clothes airer boil care label cleaner clothes brush clothes horse delouse front-loader handwash iron box ironing ironing board rotary spin-dry spin-dryer starch steam iron trouser press washer-dryer washing machine -washing suffix uk /-wɒʃ.ɪŋ/ us /-wɑː.ʃɪŋ/ used with adjectives and nouns to form nouns that refer to the behaviour of an organization, etc. that tries to make people believe that it is helping or protecting someone or something, when really it is not doing this or is doing something harmful: Pinkwashing can describe the actions of companies that manufacture chemicals that may cause breast cancer while at the same time giving money to organizations that support women with breast cancer. Bluewashing is like greenwashing but refers more to social and economic responsibility rather than to protection of the environment. See also greenwashing sportswashing whitewashing Bluewashing was first used to refer to companies who had signed the United Nations Global Compact and supported its principles but did not then make any actual policy reforms. Causewashing refers to brands supporting causes — or rather pretending to support causes — not because they actually believe in them but because it may boost sales. In fairwashing, companies try to portray their supply chain as being ethical when it isn't. 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 stretch the truthidiom weasel words white lie whopper You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Faking & pretending Hiding and disguising washing | American Dictionarywashing noun[ U ] us/ˈwɑʃ·ɪŋ, ˈwɔ·ʃɪŋ/ the act of cleaning clothes, or cloth items being washed together: He does his own washing and ironing. |
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