1 PHRASAL VERB 洗餐具 If you wash up, you wash the plates, cups, cutlery, and pans which have been used for cooking and eating a meal. 洗餐具 [British] [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
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I ran some hot water and washed up. [VERB PREP.]
我放了一些热水把餐具洗了。
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I bet you make breakfast and wash up their plates, too. [VERB PREP. noun]
我肯定是你做的早餐并且清洗了他们的餐具。
SYN do the washing up, wash the dishes, do the dishes
in AM, use 美国英语用 wash the dishes
2 PHRASAL VERB 洗脸;洗手 If you wash up, you clean part of your body with soap and water, especially your hands and face. 洗脸;洗手 [US]
in BRIT, use 英国英语用 wash
3 PHRASAL VERB [usually passive] 退潮留下;(海水或河水)冲刷后留下 If something is washed up on a piece of land, it is carried by a river or sea and left there. 退潮留下;(海水或河水)冲刷后留下
SYN strand, ground, beach, wash ashore
4 See also: washed up washing-up
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