washout
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++wash·out /ˈwɒʃ-aʊt $ ˈwɒːʃ-, ˈwɑːʃ-/ noun [countable] informal 1 FAILa failure 失败 The picnic was a total washout – nobody turned up! 野餐彻底失败——根本没人来！2. DNSGan occasion when heavy rain causes damage or stops an event from happening 〔大雨造成的〕冲毁，损毁；〔活动的〕因雨取消 → wash out at wash1
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wash‧out /ˈwɒʃ-aʊt $ ˈwɒːʃ-, ˈwɑːʃ-/
noun [countable] informal
1. a failure:
The picnic was a total washout – nobody turned up!
2. an occasion when heavy rain causes damage or stops an event from happening
⇨ wash out at wash1
▪ failure noun [countable] someone or something that is not successful: The book was a complete failure. | I felt a complete failure.
▪flop noun [countable] informal something that is not successful because people do not like it – used especially about a film, play, product, or performance: Despite the hype, the movie was a flop at the box office. | Their next computer was a flop.
▪disaster noun [countable] used when saying that something is extremely unsuccessful: Our first date was a disaster. | Their marriage was a total disaster.
▪fiasco noun [countable usually singular] something that is completely unsuccessful and goes very badly wrong – used especially about things that have been officially planned, which go very wrong: The baggage system broke down on the first day the airport was open. It was a complete fiasco. | The fiasco came close to ending de Gaulle's political career.
▪debacle noun [countable usually singular] formal an event or situation that is a complete failure, because it does not happen in the way that it was officially planned: the banking debacle that has put our economy at risk
▪shambles noun [singular] especially British English if a situation or event is a shambles, it is completely unsuccessful because it has been very badly planned or organized, and no one seems to know what to do: The first few shows were a shambles, but things soon got better.
▪washout noun [singular] informal a failure – used when something is so bad that it would be better if it had not happened: The play wasn’t a complete washout; the acting was okay. | His most recent and ambitious project, a big-budget Hollywood film, was a washout with both critics and audiences alike.
▪turkey noun [countable] informal something that is so bad and unsuccessful that you think the people involved should be embarrassed about it – a very informal use: At the time most people thought the car was a complete turkey. | Since then he has appeared in a string of turkeys.
wash‧out /ˈwɒʃ-aʊt $ ˈwɒːʃ-, ˈwɑːʃ-/
noun [countable] informal1. a failure:
2. an occasion when heavy rain causes damage or stops an event from happening
⇨ wash out at wash1
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