名詞 wash:

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

動(dòng)詞 wash:

1. clean with some chemical process
   同義詞：rinse
2. cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
   同義詞：lave
3. cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
   同義詞：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
   同義詞：wash out, wash off, wash away
10. form by erosion
11. make moist
    同義詞：moisten, dampen
12. wash or flow against
    同義詞：lave, lap
13. to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking

1. The sea washes the base of the cliffs.
   海水拍打著懸崖的底部。
2. If a garment won't wash, it must be dry-cleaned.
   用水洗就退色或縮水的衣服得乾洗。
3. She has a large wash this week.
   這星期她有大量衣服要洗。
4. I must wash my hands before dinner.
   吃飯前，我必須洗手。

wash

v.（動(dòng)詞）
washed,wash.ing,wash.es
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）

To cleanse, using water or other liquid, usually with soap, detergent, or bleach, by immersing, dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing:
洗，清洗：用水或其他液體使清潔，常采用浸泡、浸漬、搓洗或摩擦等方法，并常伴以肥皂、洗滌劑或漂白劑：
例句：
wash one`s hands; wash windows.
洗手；擦洗窗戶

To soak, rinse out, and remove (dirt or stain) with or as if with water:
洗去：用或好象用手浸濕、飄洗并除去（灰塵或污跡）：
例句：
wash grease out of overalls.
從工裝服上洗去油膩

To make moist or wet; drench:
浸濕：使?jié)駶櫥驖裢?；浸泡?/br>例句：
Tears washed the child`s cheeks.
眼淚浸濕了小孩的臉頰

To flow over, against, or past:
沖刷：沖擊、沖走或沖掉：
例句：
waves that washed the sandy shores.
沖刷著沙灘的波浪

To carry, erode, remove, or destroy by the action of moving water:
沖蝕：以流水作用搬運(yùn)、侵蝕、移走或破壞：
例句：
Heavy rains washed the topsoil away.
大雨把表層土沖蝕掉了

To rid of corruption or guilt; cleanse or purify:
清洗：除去腐敗或罪過；滌清或凈化：
例句：
wash sins away.
洗去罪名

To cover or coat with a watery layer of paint or other coloring substance.
涂顏料于：用清漆或其它顏料覆蓋或包住
Chemistry
【化學(xué)】
To purify (a gas) by passing through or over a liquid, as to remove soluble matter.
洗滌（氣體）：用使（氣體）通過某一液體以除去其中可溶性物質(zhì)的方法使（氣體）變純
To pass a solvent, such as distilled water, through (a precipitate).
使溶劑（如蒸鎦水）通過（沉淀物）
To separate constituents of (an ore) by immersion in or agitation with water.
水浸分離：通過浸入水中或與水反應(yīng)的辦法分離（礦物）的組成物質(zhì)
To cause to undergo a swirling action:
攪動(dòng)：使經(jīng)過旋轉(zhuǎn)的狀態(tài)：
例句：
washed the tea around in the cup.
攪動(dòng)杯里的茶

v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To cleanse something in or by means of water or other liquid.
洗東西：把某物浸入水或其它液體中或用水或其它液體來使之清潔

To undergo washing without fading or other damage:
耐洗：可以經(jīng)過洗滌而不褶皺或受其它損害：
例句：
This fabric will wash.
這種織物很耐洗

Informal To hold up under examination; be convincing:
【非正式用語】 站得住腳：經(jīng)得起檢驗(yàn)；能令人信服：
例句：
.That[proclamation] , of course, will not wash. (John Hughes)
.那份[宣言] 當(dāng)然是站不住腳的. (約翰·休斯)

To flow, sweep, or beat with a characteristic lapping sound:
拍打：用典型的拍打聲沖走、沖刷或沖擊：
例句：
Waves washed over the pilings.
波浪拍打著岸樁

To be carried away, removed, or drawn by the action of water.
沖出：被水流沖走、搬離或淹沒
n.（名詞）
The act or process of washing or cleansing.
洗：洗滌或清潔的動(dòng)作或過程
A quantity of articles washed or intended for washing:
被洗物：洗過的或要洗的一定量的衣物：
例句：
The wash is on the back porch.
要洗的衣服放在后門廓里

Waste liquid; swill.
廢液：廢棄的液體；餿水
Fermented liquid from which liquor is distilled.
供蒸餾的已發(fā)酵的液體
A preparation or product used in washing or coating.
洗滌劑，涂料：用于洗滌或涂層的備料或產(chǎn)品
A cosmetic or medicinal liquid, such as a mouthwash.
洗藥，液體化妝品：化妝用的或藥用的液體，如漱口劑

A thin layer of water color or India ink spread on a drawing.
畫上的薄層水彩或墨汁
A light tint or hue:
淡彩：淡的色彩或色調(diào)：
例句：
.a wash of red sunset.(Thomas Pynchon)
.一抹斜陽.(托馬斯·平瓊)

A rush or surge of water or waves.
水流：水或波濤的洶涌或起伏
The sound of this rush or surge.
水聲：上述洶涌或起伏的聲音

Removal or erosion of soil by the action of moving water.
水蝕：流水引起的水土流失或侵蝕
A deposit of recently eroded debris.
沖積物：新近的殘骸、瓦礫等的堆積

Low or marshy ground washed by tidal waters.
洼地，沼澤：由波浪之水流引起的低地或沼澤地
A stretch of shallow water.
淺水帶
Western U.S. The dry bed of a stream.
【美國西部】 干河床
Turbulence in air or water caused by the motion or action of an oar, propeller, jet, or airfoil.
渦流：由船槳、推進(jìn)器、噴氣機(jī)或機(jī)翼運(yùn)動(dòng)引起的空氣或水的渦流
Informal An activity, action, or enterprise that yields neither marked gain nor marked loss:
【非正式用語】 不賠不賺：既不得到很多利益也不受到很大損失的活動(dòng)、行為或事業(yè)：
例句：
.[The company] doesn`t do badly. That is, it`s a wash. (Harper`s)
.[公司] 的經(jīng)營狀況還不壞。就是說，它既不賠也不賺. (哈珀)

adj.（形容詞）
Used for washing.
用于洗滌的
Being such that washing is possible; washable.
可洗的：處于可以被洗滌條件下的；可洗的

<常用詞組>wash down
To clean by washing with water from top to bottom:
沖洗：用水從頭到尾清洗：
例句：
wash down the walls.
徹底清洗墻壁

To follow the ingestion of (food, for example) with the ingestion of a liquid:
吞下，咽下：吃下（如食物）后再喝某種液體：
例句：
washed the cake down with coffee.
用咖啡把蛋糕沖下肚去

wash out
To remove or be removed by washing.
洗掉：用洗滌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.
因水洗而漸褪的顏色

To carry or wear away or be carried or worn away by the action of moving water:
用水流搬走或侵蝕掉：
例句：
The river rose and washed out the dam. The road has washed out five miles down the mountain.
河水陡漲，沖垮了大壩。山下的路被沖壞的有五英里

To deplete or become depleted of vitality:
活力耗盡，變得枯竭：
例句：
By evening, I was washed out from overwork.
到了傍晚，我被過多的工作累得精疲力盡

To eliminate or be eliminated as unsatisfactory:
刪除：因不滿意而刪除或被刪除：
例句：
a football player who was washed out; an officer candidate who washed out after one month.
被罰下場的足球隊(duì)員；一月后被免職的候選官員

To cause (an event) to be rained out.
使（某項(xiàng)事件）被取消
wash up
To wash one`s hands.
洗手
Chiefly British To wash dishes after a meal.
【多用于英國】 餐后刷盤子
To burn out; exhaust:
精疲力竭；極其困乏：
例句：
She`s all washed up as an editor.
她做編輯工作累得精疲力竭

<習(xí)慣用語>come out in the wash【俚語】
To be revealed eventually:
暴露，真相大白：最終被揭露出來：
例句：
The real reasons for her resignation will come out in the wash.
她辭職的真正原因終究會真相大白的

To turn out well in the end:
結(jié)果很好：
例句：
Don`t worry: this project will come out in the wash.
不要著急：這項(xiàng)工程會有好結(jié)果的

wash (one`s) hands of
To refuse to accept responsibility for.
拒絕接受某項(xiàng)義務(wù)
To abandon; renounce.
拋棄；放棄
來源：
Middle English washen
中古英語 washen
from Old English wacsan, wôscan * see wed-
源自 古英語 wacsan, wôscan *參見 wed-