rinse
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++rinse1 /rɪns/ ●●○ verb [transitive] 1 DHCto wash clothes, dishes, vegetables etc quickly with water, especially running water, and without soap 冲洗，〔用流动的水〕清洗 Let me just rinse my hands. 让我冲个手。 Rinse the vegetables under a cold tap. 把蔬菜放在冷水龙头下冲洗。rinse something out Don’t forget to rinse out your swimsuit. 别忘了把你的泳衣冲洗一下。► see thesaurus at clean2 to remove soap, dirt etc from something by washing it quickly with water 把〔肥皂、污垢等〕冲洗掉，漂洗rinse something off/out/away etc Leave the shampoo for two minutes, then rinse it off with warm water. 让洗发液停留两分钟，然后用温水冲洗干净。 I rinsed the mud out under the tap. 我在水龙头下把泥巴冲掉。 The cream rinses off easily. 这种乳液容易洗净。3. DCto put colour into your hair 染〔发〕 SYN dye4. if you rinse your mouth, or rinse your mouth out, you wash it by filling it with water and then spitting (spit) the water out 漱〔口〕 → gargle→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
rinse• As Polly rinsed and dried her hands she was aware of being studied.• Start with fresh, ripe fruit, then rinse carefully in cold water and drain well or pat dry with paper towel.• It is then removed from the etch tank, rinsed, dried, and finally tested by making five current measurements.• Rachaela rinsed her hair and wrapped it up in another towel.• Rosie rinsed her mouth to get rid of the taste.• He constantly rinsed his eyes with cold water.• Apply to face and neck, leave on for 10-15 minutes and rinse off with cool water.• He rinsed out a glass and poured himself a whiskey.• All of the above can be rinsed out and used over and over again.• Keith stood by the sink, rinsing the dishes.• I'll just rinse the lettuce under the tap.• Drain and rinse the noodles under cold water.• I rinsed the sponge as well as I could, lathered it, squeezed much black water out of it.rinse2 noun 1 DHCWASH[countable] when you rinse something 漂洗，冲洗 I gave my hands a quick rinse. 我很快地冲了一下手。2 [countable, uncountable]DC a product you use to change the colour of your hair or to make it more shiny 染发剂 SYN dye a blue rinse for grey hair 灰白头发用的蓝色染发剂Examples from the Corpus
rinse• Rinse the can out twice with boiling water to remove all the extract and pour the rinse water into the pan.• It's just a rinse, so I can wash the color right out.• Indicator lights show when salt and rinse aid are low and an overfill protector reduces the risk of flooding.• Add fabric softener during the final rinse.• A sanitiser used to replace cleaning and disinfection still requires the final rinse and the standard achieved is likely to be indifferent.• Limeflower - induces sleep; makes a fragrant conditioning hair rinse - brew as with the camomile rinse.• Almost like the hair rinse commercial, she smiled to herself.• It was as if the landscape had been dipped in a purple rinse and hung out in the sun to fade.• Pass me your cup, and I'll give it a quick rinse.• Not when they wrung out sheets so tight the rinse water ran back up their arms.Origin rinse1 (1200-1300) Old French rincer, perhaps from Vulgar Latin recentiare, from Latin recens; → RECENTrinse1 verbrinse2 nounChinese
running to clothes, wash Corpus especially quickly etc with vegetables dishes, water,
rinse
rinse1 /rɪns/ 
verb [transitive]
Let me just rinse my hands.
Rinse the vegetables under a cold tap.
rinse something out
Don’t forget to rinse out your swimsuit.
2. to remove soap, dirt etc from something by washing it quickly with water
rinse something off/out/away etc
Leave the shampoo for two minutes, then rinse it off with warm water.
I rinsed the mud out under the tap.
The cream rinses off easily.
3. to put colour into your hair
SYN dye
4. if you rinse your mouth, or rinse your mouth out, you wash it by filling it with water and then spitting the water out ⇨ gargle
rinse2 noun
1. [countable] when you rinse something:
I gave my hands a quick rinse.
2. [uncountable and countable] a product you use to change the colour of your hair or to make it more shiny
SYN dye:
a blue rinse for grey hair
| I |
verb [transitive] Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: rincer, perhaps from Vulgar Latin recentiare, from Latin recens; ⇨ recent
1. to wash clothes, dishes, vegetables etc quickly with water, especially running water, and without soap:Language: Old French
Origin: rincer, perhaps from Vulgar Latin recentiare, from Latin recens; ⇨ recent
rinse something out
2. to remove soap, dirt etc from something by washing it quickly with water
rinse something off/out/away etc
3. to put colour into your hair
SYN dye
4. if you rinse your mouth, or rinse your mouth out, you wash it by filling it with water and then spitting the water out ⇨ gargle
| II |
noun1. [countable] when you rinse something:
2. [uncountable and countable] a product you use to change the colour of your hair or to make it more shiny
SYN dye:
clean to remove dirt or dust from sth, especially by using water or chemicals 指除去灰尘、打扫，尤指用水或化学品洗净、擦净 ：◆ The villa is cleaned twice a week. 这栋别墅一周打扫两次。 ◆ Have you cleaned your teeth? 你刷牙了吗？ ◆ This coat is filthy. I'll have it cleaned (= .dry-cleaned )这件大衣脏了，我得送去干洗。 wash to remove dirt from sth using water and usually soap 指洗、洗涤 ：◆ He quickly washed his hands and face. 他很快把手和脸洗了。 ◆ These jeans need washing. 这条牛仔裤该洗了。 rinse to remove dirt, etc. from sth using clean water only, not soap; to remove the soap from sth with clean water after washing it 指用清水冲洗、清洗、冲掉皂液 ：◆ Make sure you rinse all the soap out. 一定要把皂液冲洗干净。 cleanse to clean your skin or a wound 指清洁（皮肤）、清洗（伤口） dry-clean to clean clothes using chemicals instead of water 指干洗
Patterns
to clean/wash/rinse/cleanse sth in/with sthto clean/wash/rinse sth from sthto clean/wash/cleanse a wound to clean/wash the car/floor to wash/rinse your hair to have sth cleaned/washed/dry-cleaned
