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This flashcard defines "wash" primarily as an action of cleaning with water, either objects or the body. It also covers meanings related to water flow, the wake of a boat, and the unacceptability of excuses, highlighting its versatility as both a verb and a noun.

The flashcard defines the word "wash" as a verb meaning to clean something using water and usually soap or detergent, or to clean part of your body. It also mentions it can mean for seawater or rivers to flow gently and as a noun referring to the wave a boat causes or a thin layer of color. Additionally, it can mean that an excuse or idea is not acceptable or believable.

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/wɒ̱ʃ/
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[VERB 动词]洗涤;清洗 If you wash something, you clean it using water and usually a substance such as soap or detergent.
  [V n]
  [V n prep]
  [V n with adv]
  [usu a N in sing]
  • He got a job washing dishes in a pizza parlour...

    他在比萨店里找到一份洗盘子的工作。

  • The colours gently fade each time you wash the shirt...

    衬衣每洗一次都会褪点色。

  • It took a long time to wash the mud out of his hair...

    花了很长时间才把他头发上的污泥洗干净。

  • Rub down the door and wash off the dust before applying the varnish.

    在上清漆前,要彻底打磨这扇门并把尘土清洗掉。

  • Wash is also a noun.
    • That coat could do with a wash...

      那件外套要洗一下了。

    • The treatment leaves hair glossy and lasts 10 to 16 washes.

      这种护理方法能使头发富有光泽,清洗10到16次都还可以保持效果。

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[VERB 动词]洗;洗漱 If you wash or if you wash part of your body, especially your hands and face, you clean part of your body using soap and water.
  [V]
  [V n]
  [get V-ed]
  • They looked as if they hadn't washed in days...

    他们看起来好像已经有好些天没洗澡了。

  • She washed her face with cold water...

    她用凉水洗了把脸。

  • You are going to have your dinner, get washed, and go to bed.

    你先吃晚饭,然后洗漱睡觉。

  • Wash is also a noun.
    • She had a wash and changed her clothes.

      她洗澡后换了身衣服。

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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](海水或河流)流动,冲刷,冲到 If a sea or river washes somewhere, it flows there gently. You can also say that something carried by a sea or river washes or is washed somewhere.
  [V prep/adv]
  [V n with adv]
  [Also V n prep]
  • The sea washed against the shore...

    海水冲刷着海岸。

  • The oil washed ashore on roughly 1,000 miles of coastline...

    石油沿着海岸线扩散到了大约1,000英里范围的沿岸海域。

  • The force of the water washed him back into the cave.

    大水把他冲回到洞里。

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[N-SING 单数名词](船只等激起的)浪花 The wash of a boat is the wave that it causes on either side as it moves through the water.
  [the N]
  • ...the wash from large ships.

    大船激起的浪花

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[VERB 动词](情感)强烈冲击 If a feeling washes over you, you suddenly feel it very strongly and cannot control it.
  [V over/through n]
  [WRITTEN 笔语]
  • A wave of self-consciousness can wash over her when someone new enters the room...

    一有陌生人进房间,她就感到极不自在。

  • The overpowering despair that he'd fought so hard to keep at bay washed through the boy.

    一直极力压制的绝望情绪终于将男孩击垮了。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](颜色、光线等的)薄层 A wash of something such as light or colour is a thin layer of it.
  [usu N of n]
  [WRITTEN 笔语]
  • The lights from the truck sent a wash of pale light over the snow.

    卡车的车灯在雪地上洒下一层淡淡的光。

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[VERB 动词]令人信服;使人接受 If you say that an excuse or idea will not wash, you mean that people will not accept or believe it.
  [V]
  [V with n]
  [usu with brd-neg]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • He said her policies didn't work and the excuses didn't wash...

    他认为她的政策没有起到效果,而且理由也不能令人信服。

  • If they believe that solution would wash with the Haitian people, they are making a dramatic error.

    如果他们认为海地人会接受那个解决方案,那他们就大错特错了。

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    [PHRASE 短语]真相大白;水落石出 If you say that something will come out in the wash, you mean that people will eventually find out the truth about it.
      [V inflects]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
    • This will all come out in the wash—I promise you.

      一切终会真相大白的——我向你保证。

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    [PHRASE 短语]正在洗着;将要洗;刚洗过 If you say that something such as an item of clothing is in the wash, you mean that it is being washed, is waiting to be washed, or has just been washed and should therefore not be worn or used.
      [V inflects]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
    • Your jeans are in the wash.

      你的牛仔裤还在洗着呢。

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    to wash your dirty linen in public→see:
    dirty

    to wash your hands of something→see:
    hand
      相关词组:
      wash away
      wash down
      wash out
      wash over
      wash up

      Oxford wash / wɒʃ ; NAmE wɑːʃ ; wɔːʃ /
      verb
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      noun
      wash washes washed washing
      verb 1 [transitive ] to make sth/sb clean using water and usually soap 洗;洗涤 washsth/sb These jeans need washing. 这条牛仔裤该洗了。 to wash the car 洗车 to wash your hands 洗手 Wash the fruit thoroughly before eating. 把水果彻底洗干净后再吃。 washsth from sth She washed the blood from his face. 她把他脸上的血洗掉。 washsth/sb + adj. The beach had been washed clean by the tide. 海滩让潮水冲刷得干干净净。 synonyms at
      clean
      2 [intransitive ,  transitive ] ( especially BrE) to make yourself clean using water and usually soap 洗澡;洗脸;洗手 I washed and changed before going out. 我洗了个澡,换好衣服,然后才出去。 washyourself She was no longer able to wash herself. 她再也不能给自己洗澡了。 3 [intransitive ] (+ adv./prep.) (of clothes, cloth, etc. 衣服、织物等 ) to be able to be washed without losing colour or being damaged 耐洗;洗后不褪色(或破损) This sweater washes well. 这件套衫很耐洗。 4 [intransitive ,  transitive ] (of water ) to flow or carry sth/sb in a particular direction (向着某一方向)流动;冲向 + adv./prep. Water washed over the deck. 水从甲板上流过。 washsth/sb + adv./prep. Pieces of the wreckage were washed ashore. 沉船残骸的碎片被冲到了岸上。 He was washed overboardby a huge wave. 一个巨浪把他从船上掀进海里。 IDIOMS wash your dirty linen in ˈpublic ( BrE) ( disapproving) to discuss your personal affairs in public, especially sth embarrassing 公开谈论个人的事;(尤指)家丑外扬 wash your ˈhands of sb/sth to refuse to be responsible for or involved with sb/sth 拒绝对…负责;脱离关系;洗手不干 When her son was arrested again she washed her hands of him. 她的儿子再次被捕,她就与他脱离了关系。 sth won't/doesn't ˈwash (with sb) used to say that sb's explanation, excuse, etc. is not valid or that you/sb else will not accept it (解释、借口等)对某人来说站不住脚,令某人不能接受 That excuse simply won't wash with me. 那种托辞根本不能令我信服。 PHRASAL VERBS ˌwash sb/sth↔aˈway (of water ) to remove or carry sb/sth away to another place 冲掉;冲走 Part of the path had been washed away by the sea. 部份小路已被海浪冲坏。 ˌwash sth↔ˈdown (with sth) 1 to clean sth large or a surface with a lot of water 冲洗,冲刷(大件物品或表面) Wash down the walls before painting them. 先把墙冲洗后再粉刷。 2 to drink sth after, or at the same time as, eating sth 配着食物喝(饮料) For lunch we had bread and cheese, washed down with beer. 我们午餐吃的是面包和奶酪,喝的是啤酒。 ˌwash ˈoff to be removed from the surface of sth or from clothes by washing 被冲洗掉;被洗掉 Those grease stains won't wash off. 那些油渍洗不掉。 ˌwash sth↔ˈoff (sth) to remove sth from the surface of sth or from clothes by washing (从某物表面或衣服上)冲洗掉,洗掉 Wash that mud off your boots before you come in. 先把你靴子上的泥冲洗掉再进来。 ˌwash ˈout (of a dirty mark 污迹 ) to be removed from clothes by washing (从衣服上)被洗掉 These ink stains won't wash out. 这些墨渍洗不掉。 ˌwash sth↔ˈout 1 to wash the inside of sth to remove dirt, etc. 洗净,清洗(某物的内部) to wash out empty bottles 把空瓶子里面洗干净 2 to remove a substance from sth by washing 把…洗掉 Wash the dye out with shampoo. 用洗发剂把染发剂洗掉。 3 (of rain ) to make a game, an event, etc. end early or prevent it from starting 使(比赛等)提前结束;阻止…的举行 The game was completely washed out. 这场比赛因下雨根本无法进行。 related noun
      washout
      ˌwash ˈover sb 1 ( also ˌwash ˈthrough sb ) ( literary) (of a feeling 感觉 ) to suddenly affect sb strongly, so that they are not aware of anything else 冲动;升腾 Waves of nausea washed over him. 他突然感到阵阵恶心。 2 to happen to or around sb without affecting them (周围发生的事情)对…无多大影响 She manages to let criticism just wash over her. 她克服了别人批评所造成的影响。 ˌwash ˈup 1 ( BrE) ( also do the dishes NAmE, BrE ) to wash plates, glasses, etc. after a meal 洗刷饭后的杯盘等 related noun
      washing-up
      2 ( NAmE) to wash your face and hands 洗脸和手 Go and get washed up. 去洗洗脸和手。
      ˌwash sth↔ˈup 1 ( BrE) to wash dishes after a meal 洗刷(吃饭用过的盘子等) I didn't wash up the pans. 我没有刷锅。 2 (of water ) to carry sth onto land 把…冲到陆地上 The body was found washed up on a beach. 有人发现尸体被冲上了海滩。
      noun 1 [countable ,  usually singular ] ( especially BrE) an act of cleaning sb/sth using water and usually soap 洗;洗涤;清洗;洗刷 These towels are ready for a wash. 这些毛巾需要洗了。 I'll just have aquick washbefore dinner. 我只是很快地洗一洗就吃饭。 I'm doing a dark wash (= washing all the dark clothes together). 我在集中洗深色的衣服。 Your shirt's in the wash (= being washed or waiting to be washed). 你的衬衣正在洗。 My sweater shrank in the wash. 我的套衫洗后缩水了。 That blouse shouldn't look like that after only two washes. 那件女衬衫只洗过两水,不应该变成这个样子。 see also
      car wash
      2 the wash [singular ] an area of water that has waves and is moving a lot, especially after a boat has moved through it; the sound made by this (尤指船过后划出的)水流,波浪;波浪拍打声 The dinghy was rocked by the wash of a passing ferry. 驶过的渡船掀起的波浪把小艇冲得摇摇晃晃。 They listened to the wash of waves on the beach. 他们听着波浪拍击海滩的声音。 3 [countable ] a thin layer of a liquid, especially paint, that is put on a surface 薄涂层(尤指涂料) The walls were covered with a pale yellow wash. 墙壁刷了一层薄的浅黄色涂料。 see also
      whitewash
      n.  (1 )
      4 [countable ,  uncountable ] a liquid containing soap, used for cleaning your skin 肥皂液 an antiseptic skin wash 抗菌净肤液 see also
      mouthwash
      IDIOM it will (all) come out in the ˈwash ( informal) 1 used to say that the truth about a situation will be made known at some time in the future 终将水落石出;将会真相大白 2 used to make sb less anxious by telling them that any problems or difficulties will be solved in the future (用以劝人不要太着急)问题终会解决的,困难将会被克服的
      wash / wɒʃ ; NAmE wɑːʃ ; wɔːʃ /
      LDC
      wash1 verb
      wash2 noun
      washwash1 /wɒʃ $ wɒːʃ, wɑːʃ/ ●●● S1 W3 verb
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      1wash something [transitive] to clean something using water and a type of soap:  This shirt needs washing. It’s your turn to wash the dishes. see thesaurus at
      clean
      2wash yourself [intransitive, transitive] to clean your body with soap and water:  Amy washed and went to bed. She had a hot bath and washed her hair. I’m just going to wash my hands.wash yourself When a cat has finished eating, it often washes itself.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say that someone has a wash (BrE) or washes up (AmE) rather than washes.3flow [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition] if a river, sea etc washes somewhere, or if something carried by the river or sea is washed somewhere, it flows or moves there:  The waves washed against the shore. The sea washed over her. The young man was washed overboard (=pushed from a boat into the sea by the force of the water) in the storm. The body was washed ashore (=brought to the shore by waves).4something doesn’t/won’t wash (with somebody) spoken used to say that you do not believe or accept someone’s explanation, reason, attitude etc:  I’m sorry but all his charm just doesn’t wash with me.5wash your hands of something to refuse to be responsible for something anymore:  I’ve washed my hands of the whole affair.6wash your mouth out! spoken old-fashioned used to tell someone who has just sworn or said something rude that they should not have spoken that way7wash well to be easy to clean using soap and water:  Silk doesn’t wash well. wash/air your dirty linen/laundry (in public)
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      THESAURUSwash to clean something with soap and water: · Our car needs washing.· Make sure that you wash your hands.do the washing British English, do the laundry American English to wash clothes that need to be washed: · Did you do the laundry this morning?· I do the washing on Wednesdays and Saturdays.do the washing up British English (also wash up British English), do the dishes American English to wash all the cups, plates, knives etc that you have used during a meal: · If you do the cooking tonight, I’ll do the washing up.· Who’s going to do the dishes?cleanse formal to make something completely clean, especially using a special substance: · Carefully cleanse the cut to get rid of any grit or dirt.rinse to wash something with water in order to remove soap or dirt: · I’ll just rinse the lettuce under the tap.scrub to make something very clean, using a stiff brush and water, or soap and water: · Lou was on her knees, scrubbing the kitchen floor.mop to wash a floor with a wet mop (=special stick with thick threads on the end): · A cleaner mopped the floor between the beds.
      wash something ↔ away phrasal verb1if water washes something away, it carries it away with great force:  Floods in Bangladesh have washed hundreds of homes away.2to get rid of unhappy feelings, thoughts, or memories:  My anxiety was washed away.wash something ↔ down phrasal verb1to clean something large using a lot of water:  Can you wash down the driveway?2to drink something with or after food or with medicine to help you swallow itwash down with steak and chips washed down with red winewash off phrasal verb1 wash something ↔ off to clean dirt, dust etc from the surface of something with water2if a substance washes off, you can remove it from the surface of something by washing:  Will this paint wash off?wash out phrasal verb1 wash something ↔ out to wash the inside of something quickly:  I’ll just wash out this vase for flowers.2if a substance washes out, you can remove it from a material by washing it:  a dye that won’t wash out3be washed out if an event is washed out, it cannot continue because of rain:  The summer fair was washed out by the English weather.
      washed-out
      , washout
      wash over somebody phrasal verb1if a feeling washes over you, you suddenly feel it very strongly:  A feeling of relief washed over her.2if you let something wash over you, you do not pay close attention to it:  She was content to let the conversation wash over her.wash up phrasal verb1British English to wash plates, dishes, knives etc
      washing-up
      2American English to wash your hands:  Go wash up before dinner.3wash something ↔ up if waves wash something up, they carry it to the shorewash up on His body was washed up on the beach the next morning.
      washed-up
      wash1 verb
      wash2 noun
      washwash2 ●●○ noun
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      1act of cleaning [countable usually singular] an act of cleaning something using soap and water:  Those jeans need a good wash (=a thorough wash). I’ll just have a quick wash before we go out.2clothes [singular, uncountable] clothes that are to be washed, are being washed, or have just been washed:  You’d better put that shirt in the wash. Do you need me to put another wash on?3skin [countable] a liquid used to clean your skin:  an anti-bacterial facial wash4boat the wash the movement of water caused by a passing boat:  the wash of a large motorboat5colour [countable] a very thin transparent layer of paint or colour6area of land the wash an area of land that is sometimes covered by the sea7it will all come out in the wash spoken a)used to tell someone not to worry about a problem because it will be solved in the future b)used to say that the truth about something will be known in the end
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      wash

      [wɒʃ]washed, washing, washes

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      washed[12447] washes[1782] washing[10803]
      洗(91%),洗涤(8%),洗清(1%)
      n.洗涤;洗的衣服;化妆水;冲积物
      vt.洗涤;洗刷;冲走;拍打
      vi.洗澡;被冲蚀
      n.(Wash)人名;(英)沃什;(尼日利)瓦什

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