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Word family  noun wash washer washing adjective washable unwashed verb wash

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++wash1 /wɒʃ $ wɒːʃ, wɑːʃ/ ●●● S1 W3 verb  1  wash STH 洗某物 [transitive]WASH to clean something using water and a type of soap 洗，洗涤 This shirt needs washing. 这件衬衫该洗洗了。 It’s your turn to wash the dishes. 该轮到你洗碗碟了。► see thesaurus at clean2  wash yourself 洗澡 [intransitive, transitive]WASH to clean your body with soap and water 洗澡；洗〔身体部位〕 Amy washed and went to bed. 埃米洗过澡就去睡觉了。 She had a hot bath and washed her hair. 她洗了个热水澡并洗了头。 I’m just going to wash my hands. 我刚准备洗手。wash yourself 洗澡 When a cat has finished eating, it often washes itself. 猫吃完东西后，常会把自己舔干净。 RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say that someone has a wash (BrE) or washes up (AmE) rather than washes. 在日常英语中，人们一般说 have a wash【英】或 wash up【美】，而不说 wash。3  flow 流动 [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition]POUR if a river, sea etc washes somewhere, or if something carried by the river or sea is washed somewhere, it flows or moves there 冲击，冲刷；冲向 The waves washed against the shore. 海浪冲刷着海岸。 The sea washed over her. 海水冲过来淹没了她。 The young man was washed overboard (=pushed from a boat into the sea by the force of the water) in the storm. 暴风雨中，那个年轻人被冲下船掉进海里。 The body was washed ashore (=brought to the shore by waves). 尸体被冲上岸。4  something doesn’t/won’t wash (with somebody) spokenBELIEVE used to say that you do not believe or accept someone’s explanation, reason, attitude etc 不相信；不接受〔某人的解释、理由、态度等〕 I’m sorry but all his charm just doesn’t wash with me. 对不起，他那些魅力打动不了我。5  wash your hands of something RESPONSIBLEto refuse to be responsible for something anymore 不愿再管[不再过问]某事 I’ve washed my hands of the whole affair. 我已经完全不过问此事了。6. wash your mouth out! spoken old-fashionedSTOP DOING something used to tell someone who has just sworn or said something rude that they should not have spoken that way 嘴巴干净点！〔用于告诫说了脏话的人〕7  wash well WASHto be easy to clean using soap and water 好洗，容易洗干净 Silk doesn’t wash well. 丝绸不好洗。 → wash/air your dirty linen/laundry (in public) at dirty1(7)n THESAURUSwash to clean something with soap and waterOur 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 washedDid 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 mealIf 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 substanceCarefully cleanse the cut to get rid of any grit or dirt.rinse to wash something with water in order to remove soap or dirtI’ll just rinse the lettuce under the tap.scrub to make something very clean, using a stiff brush and water, or soap and waterLou 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. PHRASAL VERBS8 wash something ↔ away phrasal verb a) if water washes something away, it carries it away with great force 冲掉，冲走 Floods in Bangladesh have washed hundreds of homes away. 孟加拉的洪水冲走了数百户人家。b) to get rid of unhappy feelings, thoughts, or memories 消除〔不愉快的情绪、想法或记忆〕 My anxiety was washed away. 我的焦虑一扫而光。9 wash something ↔ down phrasal verb a) DHCWASHto clean something large using a lot of water 用大量水冲洗〔大件物体〕 Can you wash down the driveway? 你能把车道冲洗一下吗？b) DFDto drink something with or after food or with medicine to help you swallow it 〔借助饮料等〕将〔食物或药物〕吞下 with steak and chips washed down with red wine 一边吃牛排和炸薯条，一边喝红葡萄酒10 wash off phrasal verb a) DHCWASH wash something ↔ off to clean dirt, dust etc from the surface of something with water 洗掉[冲去]某物b) REMOVEif a substance washes off, you can remove it from the surface of something by washing 〔某物〕能被洗掉 Will this paint wash off? 这油漆能洗掉吗？11 wash out phrasal verb a) DHCWASH wash something ↔ out to wash the inside of something quickly 迅速洗净〔某物的内部〕 I’ll just wash out this vase for flowers. 我就把这花瓶洗干净放花吧。b) REMOVEif a substance washes out, you can remove it from a material by washing it 〔某物〕能被洗掉 a dye that won’t wash out 洗不掉的染料c) be washed outSTOP something THAT IS HAPPENING if an event is washed out, it cannot continue because of rain 〔活动〕因雨取消 The summer fair was washed out by the English weather. 夏季博览会因为英格兰的天气而告吹。 → washed-out, washout12 wash over somebody phrasal verb a) FEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETCif a feeling washes over you, you suddenly feel it very strongly 〔感觉〕突然袭来 A feeling of relief washed over her. 她顿时感到如释重负。b) if you let something wash over you, you do not pay close attention to it 〔某事〕对〔某人〕没有多大影响 She was content to let the conversation wash over her. 她乐得不去理会那番谈话。13 wash up phrasal verb a) British EnglishDHCWASH to wash plates, dishes, knives etc 洗餐具 → washing-upb) American EnglishWASH to wash your hands 洗手 Go wash up before dinner. 吃饭前先去洗手。c) wash something ↔ upTAKE/BRING if waves wash something up, they carry it to the shore 〔波浪〕把某物冲到岸边wash something ↔ up on His body was washed up on the beach the next morning. 第二天早晨他的尸体被冲上海滩。 → washed-up →5 see picture at 见图 clean2→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

wash• Harry went upstairs to wash.• My jeans need to be washed.• When we moved in, we spent a whole day washing all the floors and paintwork.• I wished for a new dress as I washed and ironed my old yellow home-made mini for the hundredth time.• I seem to spend all my time washing and ironing these days.• I just need to wash before dinner.• She was washing her hair when the phone rang.• The women undressed and washed her, thickening the shadows with prayer.• He rolled, sprang on to his feet, and started to wash himself.• The spinach leaves should be washed in cold water.• Use a soft bristle brush to loosen the grime and if possible a sprayer to wash it all off.• In the bathroom, I washed myself.• You ought to wash that sweater by hand.• I really must wash the car this weekend.• Could you wash this shirt for me?• You could go over and see it, like a big whale washed up on the shore.• You were only allowed to wash your clothes once a week.• Wash your face and brush your teeth.• Have you boys washed your hands yet?wash the dishes• Aunt Em was washing the dishes.• Richard could play outside a while longer, while Cissie and Beth washed the dishes.• She even let the school-leavers who washed the dishes and cleared the tables look straight into her eyes.• The man will more often take out the garbage, wash the dishes, and do other chores around the house.• I washed the dishes and took a Brillo pad to the stove.• Afterwards, she helped Penelope wash the dishes, commenting that she had been a dishwasher also at one time.• Our task will be to wash the dishes later and I warn you there will be plenty.• Deborah and I washed the dishes, then sat beside each other at the kitchen table, our legs almost touching.wash yourself• He rolled, sprang on to his feet, and started to wash himself.• Here we crouched, ankle-deep in the wavelets, to wash ourselves or to go to the lavatory.• In the bathroom, I washed myself.• She washed herself and dressed herself and collected the bottles and took them down to the bin.• Rex, unperturbed, quickly stripped off naked to wash himself and his clothes in the deluge of fresh water.• He put on his shirt and suggested she should wash herself at the sink.• The message has to be reinforced all the time until the patient can wash himself properly and confidently, without losing concentration.washed ashore• All these bits and pieces washed ashore.• State officials also reported a dead sea turtle had washed ashore.• Only two men washed ashore alive.• Hapless, hopelessly clumsy Gilligan is washed ashore along with the competent, self-assured skipper.• Rubbish is discarded; that from boats is washed ashore and there is greater disturbance of the animal life.• Such was the rorqual whale, 64 feet long with a 12 foot tail, washed ashore in 1879.• Battered by 50 knot winds and seven-metre seas, the Ambrosia was later washed ashore in Aberdeenshire.• His body was washed ashore on what was to become Omaha Beach.

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wash2 ●●○ noun  1  act of cleaning 洗 [countable usually singular]DHCWASH an act of cleaning something using soap and water 洗，清洗；冲洗 Those jeans need a good wash (=a thorough wash). 那条牛仔裤要好好洗一洗了。 I’ll just have a quick wash before we go out. 我很快洗个澡，然后我们就出门。2  clothes 衣服DHCWASH [singular, uncountable] clothes that are to be washed, are being washed, or have just been washed 待洗[正在洗，刚洗好]的衣服 You’d better put that shirt in the wash. 你最好把那件衬衫拿去洗洗。 Do you need me to put another wash on? 要我再放进去洗一批吗？3  skin 皮肤 [countable]DCB a liquid used to clean your skin 洗面奶；沐浴液 an anti-bacterial facial wash 抗菌洗面奶4  BOAT 船the wash the movement of water caused by a passing boat 〔船驶过后的〕尾流 the wash of a large motorboat 大摩托艇的尾流5. colour 颜料 [countable]DCB a very thin transparent layer of paint or colour 〔涂料或颜料的〕薄涂层6. AREA OF LAND 陆地的部分the wash an area of land that is sometimes covered by the sea 浅水滩7  it 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 总会有办法的，问题总会解决的〔用于叫某人不要担心〕 b) used to say that the truth about something will be known in the end 总会水落石出，总会真相大白

Examples from the Corpus

wash• The floor needs a wash.• I painted such areas first and then worked around and/or over with diluted washes.• an anti-bacterial face wash• He looks as if he could do with a good wash.• Water would shoot down the mountainsides and down the washes at 10-20 times the volume of a typical storm.• It is built up in very thin washes.have ... wash• I had driven to Gondal, the nearest town, to make phone calls and have a wash.• I have to wash your hair.• Here, the continuing water diuresis may have washed out the medullary concentration gradient and led to a protracted concentrating defect.• Sitting in a belt of farms, the community does not have pristine desert washes, said Cynthia Seelhammer, town manager.• I should have washed before I put my dress on, you know.• They have washed up on a shingle strand beside a lonely and barely habitable estancia.• The events of the year seemed to have washed over them and left them unaltered.• The tight smell of men who have not washed their bodies or known clean clothes.nWash.n1.a written abbreviation of Washingtonnthe WashWash, the  n1.a wide bay (=an area of sea that curves inwards towards the land) on the east coast of England between Norfolk and LincolnshireOrigin wash1 Old English wascan

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wash¹ S1 W3 /wɒʃ $ wɒːʃ, wɑːʃ/ verb1.  WASH SOMETHING  [transitive] to clean something using water and a type of soap:
    This shirt needs washing.
    It’s your turn to wash the dishes.
2.  WASH YOURSELF  [intransitive and 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.
  REGISTER
    In everyday English, people usually say that someone has a wash (BrE) or washes up (AmE) rather than washes.
3.  FLOW  [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).
4. something 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.
5. wash your hands of something to refuse to be responsible for something any more:
    I’ve washed my hands of the whole affair.
6. wash 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 way
7. wash well to be easy to clean using soap and water:
    Silk doesn’t wash well.
⇨ wash/air your dirty linen/laundry (in public) at dirty¹(7)
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ wash 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 verb
  1. if water washes something away, it carries it away with great force:
    Floods in Bangladesh have washed hundreds of homes away.
  2. to get rid of unhappy feelings, thoughts, or memories:
    My anxiety was washed away.
wash something ↔ down phrasal verb
  1. to clean something large using a lot of water:
    Can you wash down the driveway?
  2. to drink something with or after food or with medicine to help you swallow it
    wash something ↔ down with
    steak and chips washed down with red wine
wash off phrasal verb
  1. wash something ↔ off to clean dirt, dust etc from the surface of something with water
  2. if a substance washes off, you can remove it from the surface of something by washing:
    Will this paint wash off?
wash out phrasal verb
  1. wash something ↔ out to wash the inside of something quickly:
    I’ll just wash out this vase for flowers.
  2. if a substance washes out, you can remove it from a material by washing it:
    a dye that won’t wash out
  3. be 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 verb
  1. if a feeling washes over you, you suddenly feel it very strongly:
    A feeling of relief washed over her.
  2. if 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 verb
  1. British English to wash plates, dishes, knives etc ⇨ washing-up
  2. American English to wash your hands:
    Go wash up before dinner.
  3. wash something ↔ up if waves wash something up, they carry it to the shore
    wash something ↔ up on
    His body was washed up on the beach the next morning. ⇨ washed-up

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wash² noun1.  ACT 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.
2.  CLOTHES  [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?
3.  SKIN  [countable] a liquid used to clean your skin:
    an anti-bacterial facial wash
4.  BOAT the wash the movement of water caused by a passing boat:
    the wash of a large motorboat
5.  COLOUR  [countable] a very thin transparent layer of paint or colour
6.  AREA OF LAND the wash the area of land that is sometimes covered by the sea
7. it 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