動(dòng)詞 launder:

1. cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
   同義詞：wash
2. convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones

1. The gang launder the steal money through their chain of restaurant.
   這幫匪徒通過(guò)他們的連鎖飯店洗贓款。
2. A woman employed to launder clothes or linens.
   洗衣女工雇來(lái)清洗衣服或亞麻制品的婦女

laun.der

v.（動(dòng)詞）
laun.dered,laun.der.ing,laun.ders
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）

To wash (clothes, for example).
洗滌，（如衣物）
To wash, fold, and iron:
洗熨：洗滌、折疊并燙熨：
例句：
shirts that were neatly laundered by the hotel staff.
被旅館服務(wù)人員洗燙得很整潔的襯衣

To disguise the source or nature of (illegal funds, for example) by channeling through an intermediate agent.
洗錢(qián)：通過(guò)中間代理人的渠道來(lái)隱藏（如非法資金的）來(lái)源或性質(zhì)
To make more acceptable or presentable, sanitize:
使變得更易于接受或中看，使凈化：
例句：
.The transcripts are, of course, laundered . . . unidentified larger chunks of conversation are reported missing throughout.(Eliot Fremont-Smith)
.錄音帶當(dāng)然已被做過(guò)手腳…談話中很多部分都不見(jiàn)了.(艾略特·弗里蒙特—史密斯)

v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To undergo washing in a specified way:
洗：用某種特定方式洗滌：
例句：
This material launders well.
這衣料很耐洗

To wash or prepare laundry.
洗衣物或作洗滌前的準(zhǔn)備
n.（名詞）
A trough or flume used in washing ore.
槽洗機(jī)：洗礦用的水槽或流槽

來(lái)源：
From Middle English launder, lavender [launderer]
源自 中古英語(yǔ) launder, lavender [洗衣者]
from Old French lavandier
源自 古法語(yǔ) lavandier
from Vulgar Latin *lavand3rius
源自 俗拉丁語(yǔ) *lavand3rius
from Latin lavand3ria [things to be washed]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) lavand3ria [被洗的東西]
from lavanda [neuter pl. gerundive of] lav3re [to wash] * see lave
源自 lavanda [] lav3re的中性復(fù)數(shù)動(dòng)形詞 [洗] *參見(jiàn) lave

【引伸】
laun.derer
n.（名詞）