wash

名词 wash:

1. a thin coat of water-base paint
2. the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
   同义词：washing, lavation
3. the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
   同义词：dry wash
4. the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
   同义词：washout
5. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
   同义词：slipstream, airstream, race, backwash
6. a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
   同义词：wash drawing
7. garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
   同义词：laundry, washing, washables
8. any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out

动词 wash:

1. clean with some chemical process
   同义词：rinse
2. cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
   同义词：lave
3. cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
   同义词：launder
4. move by or as if by water
5. be capable of being washed
6. admit to testing or proof
7. separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
8. apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
9. remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
   同义词：wash out, wash off, wash away
10. form by erosion
11. make moist
    同义词：moisten, dampen
12. wash or flow against
    同义词：lave, lap
13. to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking

1. The sea washes the base of the cliffs.
   海水拍打著悬崖的底部。
2. If a garment won't wash, it must be dry-cleaned.
   用水洗就退色或缩水的衣服得乾洗。
3. She has a large wash this week.
   这星期她有大量衣服要洗。
4. I must wash my hands before dinner.
   吃饭前，我必须洗手。

wash

v.（动词）
washed,wash.ing,wash.es
v.tr.（及物动词）

To cleanse, using water or other liquid, usually with soap, detergent, or bleach, by immersing, dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing:
洗，清洗：用水或其他液体使清洁，常采用浸泡、浸渍、搓洗或摩擦等方法，并常伴以肥皂、洗涤剂或漂白剂：
例句：
wash one`s hands; wash windows.
洗手；擦洗窗户

To soak, rinse out, and remove (dirt or stain) with or as if with water:
洗去：用或好象用手浸湿、飘洗并除去（灰尘或污迹）：
例句：
wash grease out of overalls.
从工装服上洗去油腻

To make moist or wet; drench:
浸湿：使湿润或湿透；浸泡：
例句：
Tears washed the child`s cheeks.
眼泪浸湿了小孩的脸颊

To flow over, against, or past:
冲刷：冲击、冲走或冲掉：
例句：
waves that washed the sandy shores.
冲刷着沙滩的波浪

To carry, erode, remove, or destroy by the action of moving water:
冲蚀：以流水作用搬运、侵蚀、移走或破坏：
例句：
Heavy rains washed the topsoil away.
大雨把表层土冲蚀掉了

To rid of corruption or guilt; cleanse or purify:
清洗：除去腐败或罪过；涤清或净化：
例句：
wash sins away.
洗去罪名

To cover or coat with a watery layer of paint or other coloring substance.
涂颜料于：用清漆或其它颜料覆盖或包住
Chemistry
【化学】
To purify (a gas) by passing through or over a liquid, as to remove soluble matter.
洗涤（气体）：用使（气体）通过某一液体以除去其中可溶性物质的方法使（气体）变纯
To pass a solvent, such as distilled water, through (a precipitate).
使溶剂（如蒸镏水）通过（沉淀物）
To separate constituents of (an ore) by immersion in or agitation with water.
水浸分离：通过浸入水中或与水反应的办法分离（矿物）的组成物质
To cause to undergo a swirling action:
搅动：使经过旋转的状态：
例句：
washed the tea around in the cup.
搅动杯里的茶

v.intr.（不及物动词）
To cleanse something in or by means of water or other liquid.
洗东西：把某物浸入水或其它液体中或用水或其它液体来使之清洁

To undergo washing without fading or other damage:
耐洗：可以经过洗涤而不褶皱或受其它损害：
例句：
This fabric will wash.
这种织物很耐洗

Informal To hold up under examination; be convincing:
【非正式用语】 站得住脚：经得起检验；能令人信服：
例句：
.That[proclamation] , of course, will not wash. (John Hughes)
.那份[宣言] 当然是站不住脚的. (约翰·休斯)

To flow, sweep, or beat with a characteristic lapping sound:
拍打：用典型的拍打声冲走、冲刷或冲击：
例句：
Waves washed over the pilings.
波浪拍打着岸桩

To be carried away, removed, or drawn by the action of water.
冲出：被水流冲走、搬离或淹没
n.（名词）
The act or process of washing or cleansing.
洗：洗涤或清洁的动作或过程
A quantity of articles washed or intended for washing:
被洗物：洗过的或要洗的一定量的衣物：
例句：
The wash is on the back porch.
要洗的衣服放在后门廓里

Waste liquid; swill.
废液：废弃的液体；馊水
Fermented liquid from which liquor is distilled.
供蒸馏的已发酵的液体
A preparation or product used in washing or coating.
洗涤剂，涂料：用于洗涤或涂层的备料或产品
A cosmetic or medicinal liquid, such as a mouthwash.
洗药，液体化妆品：化妆用的或药用的液体，如漱口剂

A thin layer of water color or India ink spread on a drawing.
画上的薄层水彩或墨汁
A light tint or hue:
淡彩：淡的色彩或色调：
例句：
.a wash of red sunset.(Thomas Pynchon)
.一抹斜阳.(托马斯·平琼)

A rush or surge of water or waves.
水流：水或波涛的汹涌或起伏
The sound of this rush or surge.
水声：上述汹涌或起伏的声音

Removal or erosion of soil by the action of moving water.
水蚀：流水引起的水土流失或侵蚀
A deposit of recently eroded debris.
冲积物：新近的残骸、瓦砾等的堆积

Low or marshy ground washed by tidal waters.
洼地，沼泽：由波浪之水流引起的低地或沼泽地
A stretch of shallow water.
浅水带
Western U.S. The dry bed of a stream.
【美国西部】 干河床
Turbulence in air or water caused by the motion or action of an oar, propeller, jet, or airfoil.
涡流：由船桨、推进器、喷气机或机翼运动引起的空气或水的涡流
Informal An activity, action, or enterprise that yields neither marked gain nor marked loss:
【非正式用语】 不赔不赚：既不得到很多利益也不受到很大损失的活动、行为或事业：
例句：
.[The company] doesn`t do badly. That is, it`s a wash. (Harper`s)
.[公司] 的经营状况还不坏。就是说，它既不赔也不赚. (哈珀)

adj.（形容词）
Used for washing.
用于洗涤的
Being such that washing is possible; washable.
可洗的：处于可以被洗涤条件下的；可洗的

<常用词组>wash down
To clean by washing with water from top to bottom:
冲洗：用水从头到尾清洗：
例句：
wash down the walls.
彻底清洗墙壁

To follow the ingestion of (food, for example) with the ingestion of a liquid:
吞下，咽下：吃下（如食物）后再喝某种液体：
例句：
washed the cake down with coffee.
用咖啡把蛋糕冲下肚去

wash out
To remove or be removed by washing.
洗掉：用洗涤的方法除去或被除去
To cause to fade by laundering:
水洗使褪色：
例句：
color that had been washed out by bleach.
因水洗而渐褪的颜色

To carry or wear away or be carried or worn away by the action of moving water:
用水流搬走或侵蚀掉：
例句：
The river rose and washed out the dam. The road has washed out five miles down the mountain.
河水陡涨，冲垮了大坝。山下的路被冲坏的有五英里

To deplete or become depleted of vitality:
活力耗尽，变得枯竭：
例句：
By evening, I was washed out from overwork.
到了傍晚，我被过多的工作累得精疲力尽

To eliminate or be eliminated as unsatisfactory:
删除：因不满意而删除或被删除：
例句：
a football player who was washed out; an officer candidate who washed out after one month.
被罚下场的足球队员；一月后被免职的候选官员

To cause (an event) to be rained out.
使（某项事件）被取消
wash up
To wash one`s hands.
洗手
Chiefly British To wash dishes after a meal.
【多用于英国】 餐后刷盘子
To burn out; exhaust:
精疲力竭；极其困乏：
例句：
She`s all washed up as an editor.
她做编辑工作累得精疲力竭

<习惯用语>come out in the wash【俚语】
To be revealed eventually:
暴露，真相大白：最终被揭露出来：
例句：
The real reasons for her resignation will come out in the wash.
她辞职的真正原因终究会真相大白的

To turn out well in the end:
结果很好：
例句：
Don`t worry: this project will come out in the wash.
不要着急：这项工程会有好结果的

wash (one`s) hands of
To refuse to accept responsibility for.
拒绝接受某项义务
To abandon; renounce.
抛弃；放弃
来源：
Middle English washen
中古英语 washen
from Old English wacsan, wôscan * see wed-
源自 古英语 wacsan, wôscan *参见 wed-