[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]将要(或正在)洗的衣物;刚洗好的衣物Laundry is used to refer to clothes, sheets, and towels that are about to be washed, are being washed, or have just been washed.
I'll do your laundry...
我来帮你洗衣服。
...the room where I hang the laundry...
我晾挂衣服的房间
He'd put his dirty laundry in the clothes basket.
他会把自己的脏衣服扔进洗衣篮里。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]洗衣公司;洗衣店 A laundry is a firm that washes and irons clothes, sheets, and towels for people.
We had to have the washing done at the laundry.
我们得把衣服拿到洗衣店去洗。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]洗衣间;洗衣房 A laundry or a laundry room is a room in a house, hotel, or institution where clothes, sheets, and towels are washed.
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He worked in the laundry at Oxford prison.
他在牛津监狱的洗衣房工作。
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to wash your dirty laundry in public→see:
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laun·dry/ˈlɔːndri; NAmEˈlɔːndri/noun(plurallaun·dries)1[uncountable ]clothes, sheets, etc. that need washing, that are being washed, or that have been washed recently 要(或正在)洗的衣物;刚洗好的衣物SYN
washing
◆a pile of clean/dirty laundry一摞干净的╱脏的衣物◆a laundry basket/room洗衣筐;洗衣间2[uncountable , singular ]the process or the job of washing clothes, sheets, etc. 洗衣物;洗衣物的活◆to do the laundry干洗衣活◆The hotel has a laundry service.旅馆提供洗衣服务。3[countable ]a business or place where you send sheets, clothes, etc. to be washed 洗衣店;洗衣房laundrylaundrieslaun·dry/ˈlɔːndri; NAmEˈlɔːndri/
1[uncountable] clothes, sheets etc that need to be washed or have just been washed: She did the laundry (=washed the clothes etc) and hung it out to dry. Ben was folding laundry.clean/dirty laundry a pile of dirty laundry2[countable] a place or business where clothes etc are washed and ironed → air/wash your dirty laundry
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COLLOCATIONSverbsdo the laundry (=wash and dry dirty clothes)· I cleaned the kitchen and did some laundry.fold the laundry (=fold clothes after they have been washed and dried)· He was folding the laundry and watching TV.hang out/up the laundry (=put the laundry outside on a line to dry)· My mother was hanging out the laundry in the sun.adjectivesclean/dirty laundry· a bag of dirty laundryphrasesa bundle/pile of laundry· a pile of laundry waiting to be put awaya load of laundry (=an amount that fits in a washing machine)· I do at least one or two loads of laundry every day.laundry + NOUNa laundry room· There's a washing machine in the laundry room.a laundry basket· Pete put his dirty clothes in the laundry basket.
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