- with obj. clean with water and, typically, soap or detergent（尤指用肥皂或洗涤剂）洗; 冲洗：
Auntie Lou had washed all their clothes
卢阿姨把他们的衣服都洗好了
he washed down the woodwork in the kitchen.
他彻底冲洗了厨房里的木制构件。
- no obj. clean oneself, especially one's hands and face with soap and water洗, 洗澡, 洗手, 洗脸。
- with obj. and adverbial remove (a stain or dirt) from something by cleaning with water and detergent洗去（污点, 污垢）：
they have to keep washing the mould off the walls
他们得不断地洗去墙上的霉
figurative 〈喻〉all that hate can't wash away the guilt.
所有的恨也洗刷不掉那罪行。
- no obj., with adverbial(of dirt or a stain) be removed in such a way（污垢, 污点）被洗去：
the dirt on his clothes would easily wash out.
他衣服上的污垢很容易洗掉。
- no obj., with adverbial(of fabric, a garment, or dye) withstand cleaning to a specified degree without shrinking or fading（织物, 服装, 染料）耐洗：
a linen-mix yarn which washes well.
很耐洗的亚麻混纺布料。
- no obj. do one's laundry洗衣：
I need someone to cook and wash for me.
我需要人帮我做饭洗衣。
- （一般作be washed）poetic/literary wet or moisten (something) thoroughly〈诗/文〉浸湿, 使湿透; 浸泡：
you are beautiful with your face washed with rain.
你这样满脸是雨水, 看上去很漂亮。
- with obj. and adverbial of direction(of flowing water) carry (someone or something) in a particular direction（流水）冲掉, 冲走：
floods washed away the bridges.
洪水把桥冲走了。
- no obj., with adverbial of direction be carried by flowing water被冲走; 漂：
an oil slick washed up on the beaches.
浮油被冲到了海滩上。
- no obj., with adverbial of direction(especially of waves) sweep, move, or splash in a particular direction（尤指波浪）拍打; 流动; 溅打：
the sea began to wash along the decks.
海水开始沿着甲板流淌。
- with obj.（一般作be washed）(of a river, sea, or lake) flow through or lap against (a country, coast, etc.)（河流, 大海, 湖泊）流经（国家等）; 拍打（海岸等）：
offshore islands washed by warm blue seas.
被温暖蓝色海水拍击的近海岛屿。
- no obj.
wash over
(of a feeling) affect (someone) suddenly（感情）突然袭击： a deep feeling of sadness washed over her.
深深的悲伤之情向她袭来。
- no obj.
wash over
occur all around without greatly affecting (someone)发生在（某人）周围而未造成太大影响： she allowed the babble of conversation to wash over her.
她任凭那些谈话声在周围喋喋不休。
- with obj. sift metallic particles from (earth or gravel) by running water through it从（泥土, 砾石）中洗矿, 冲选。
- with obj.（一般作be washed）brush with a thin coat of dilute paint or ink粉刷; 涂刷, 涂颜料于：
the walls were washed with shades of umber.
墙壁刷成了棕土色。
wash something with
coat inferior metal with (a film of gold or silver from a solution)镀（金, 银）于。
- no obj., with negative informal seem convincing or genuine〈非正式〉站得住脚; 经得起检验：
charm won't wash with this crew.
魅力也难以让这些人动心。
- usu. in sing. an act of washing something or an instance of being washed洗, 洗涤：
her hair needs a wash.
她的头发该洗了。
- a quantity of clothes needing to be or just having been washed要洗的衣服; 刚洗过的衣服：
she hung out her Tuesday wash.
她把星期二洗的衣服晾出去晒。
- mass noun a medicinal or cleansing solution, especially one applied to the skin（尤指用于清洗皮肤的）洗药, 洗液, 清洁剂：
antiseptic skin wash.
皮肤消毒液。
- in sing. the disturbed water or air behind a moving boat or aircraft or the sound made by this（轮船或飞机驶过后留下的）尾流; 涡流; 航迹; 尾流声：
the wash of a smart motor boat.
轻快的摩托艇的尾流。
- the surging of water or breaking of waves or the sound made by this（因轮船或飞机驶过后的）浪涌; 波浪声; 尾流声：
the wash of waves on the pebbled beach.
涌到鹅卵石海滩上的波浪。
the Wash
an inlet of the North Sea on the east coast of England between Norfolk and Lincolnshire沃什湾（英国东海岸诺福克与林肯郡之间的北海一小湾）。
- a layer of paint or metal spread thinly on a surface（颜料或金属）涂层; 涂料：
the walls were covered with a pale lemon wash.
墙壁刷上了淡柠檬色的颜料。
- mass noun silt or gravel carried by a stream or river and deposited as sediment（水流的）冲积物。
- count noun a sandbank exposed only at low tide浅水沙滩。
- mass noun kitchen slops and other food waste fed to pigs泔水, 泔脚。
- mass noun malt fermenting in preparation for distillation已发酵的麦芽汁。
- in sing. US informal a situation or result that is of no benefit to either of two opposing sides〈美, 非正式〉（对对立双方均无益处的）形势（或结果）。
come out in the wash
- informal be resolved eventually with no lasting harm〈非正式〉得以圆满解决：
he's not happy but he assures me it'll all come out in the wash.
他不高兴, 但他向我保证这件事会得到圆满解决的。
in the wash
- (of clothes, bedlinen, or similar) put aside for washing or in the process of being washed（衣服、床单或类似物品）待洗的; 正在洗的。
wash one's dirty linen（或 laundry）in public
- informal discuss or argue about one's personal affairs in public〈非正式〉外扬家丑。
wash one's hands
- go to the toilet (used euphemistically)〈婉〉解手。
wash one's hands of
- disclaim responsibility for对…撒手不管, 不再对…负责：
the social services washed their hands of his daughter.
社会福利机构不再承管他女儿的事。
ORIGIN: originally with biblical allusion to Matt. 27:24.
wash something down
- accompany or follow food with a drink就着饮料吃（食物）：
bacon and eggs washed down with a cup of tea.
就着一杯茶吃下去的熏肉和鸡蛋。
wash out （或 wash someone out）
- N. Amer. be excluded (or exclude someone) from a course or position after a failure to meet the required standards〈北美〉（因没有达到要求）（遭）淘汰：
a lot of them had washed out of pilot training.
他们中有许多人已经被淘汰出飞行训练了。
wash something out
- clean the inside of something with water用水清洗东西的内部。
- wash something, especially a garment, quickly or briefly简单地洗（某物, 尤指衣服）：
I don't have time to wash a blouse out every night.
我没有时间每天晚上都洗一下上衣。
- （一般作be washed out）cause an event to be postponed or cancelled because of rain因下雨而延期（或取消）：
their match against Australia was washed out.
他们跟澳大利亚队的比赛因下雨而延期进行。
- (of a flood or downpour) make a breach in a road（洪水, 大雨）冲溃公路。
wash up
- （亦作wash something up）chiefly Brit. clean crockery and cutlery after use〈主英〉洗餐厨用具。
- US clean one's hands and face〈美〉洗手和脸。