VERB 洗涤;清洗 If you wash something, you clean it using water and usually a substance such as soap or detergent.
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。
VERB 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.
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。
V-ERG (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.
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。
N-SING (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 wash from large ships. 大船激起的浪花
VERB (情感)强烈冲击 If a feeling washes over you, you suddenly feel it very strongly and cannot control it.
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。
N-COUNT (颜色、光线等的)薄层 A wash of something such as light or colour is a thin layer of it.
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。
VERB 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.
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。
PHRASE 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.
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。
PHRASE 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.