/wɒʃ; wɔʃ/
n
1 [C usu sing 通常作单数] act of cleaning or being cleaned with water 洗; 洗涤
*He looks as if he needs a good (ie thorough) wash. 他看样子得好好洗洗了.
* have a wash (and brush up), ie wash oneself (and make oneself tidy, brush one's hair, etc) （梳）洗一下
* Please give the car a wash. 请把汽车冲洗一下.
* The colour has faded after only two washes. 这个颜色只洗两水就退色了.
* a cold wash, ie a wash in cold water 用冷水洗.
2 (a) the wash [sing] process of laundering clothes 洗熨衣物
*All my shirts are in/have gone to the wash, ie are being laundered. 我所有的衬衣都洗着呢.
(b) [C usu sing 通常作单数] quantity of clothes, sheets, etc (to be) washed （要）洗的衣物的数量
*There is a large wash this week. 本星期有很多衣物要洗.
* When does the wash come back from the laundry? 送到洗衣店的衣服什么时候取回来?
3 [sing] (sound made by) disturbed water or air, eg behind a moving ship, aircraft, etc 搅动的水或空气（的声音）（如航行中的船、飞机等後面的）
*the wash of the waves against the side of the boat 波浪拍打船舷的声音
* the wash made by the steamer's propellers 汽船螺旋桨搅动的水.
4 [C] thin layer of water-colour painted on a surface （水彩的）薄涂层.
5 [U] waste scraps of food mixed in liquid and given to pigs to eat; swill （剩汤菜混合的）猪饲料.6 (idm 习语) come out in the `wash (infml 口) (of mistakes, etc) come right or be put right eventually, without any harm being done （指错误等）最後完全正确或得以纠正（未造成损失）.

/wɒʃ; [US] wɔ:ʃ; wɔʃ/ v
1 (a) [Tn, Cn.a] make (sb/sth) clean in water or some other liquid 洗（某人[某物]）
*These clothes will have to be washed. 这些衣服该洗了.
* Go and wash yourself. 你洗个澡吧.
* Have these glasses been washed? 这些玻璃杯洗过了吗?
* The beach had been washed clean by the tide. 潮水把海滩冲刷得非常乾净.
(b) [I] make oneself, clothes, one's face and hands, etc clean with water 洗澡、洗衣物、洗脸、洗手等
*I had to wash and dress in a hurry. 我得匆匆洗个澡穿好衣服.
* They had to wash in cold water. 他们只好用冷水洗.
(c) [I] (of clothes, fabrics, etc) be able to be washed without losing colour, shrinking, etc （指衣物、织物等）洗後不退色、不缩水等
*This sweater washes well. 这件套头毛衣耐洗.
* If a garment won't wash, it must be dry-cleaned. 用水洗就退色或缩水的衣服得乾洗.
2 [Tn] (of the sea, a river, etc) flow past or against (sth) （指海水、河水等）流过或冲击（某物）
*The sea washes the base of the cliffs. 海水拍打着悬崖的底部.
* The garden wall is being washed by the flood water. 大水冲刷着花园的围墙.
3 (a) [Ipr, Ip] (of water) flow in the specified direction （指水）（向某方向）流动
*waves washing against the side of a boat 流经船舷的波浪 *Water washed over the deck. 水从甲板上流过.
(b) [Tn.pr, Tn.p esp passive 尤用于被动语态] (of water) move (sb/sth) by flowing in the specified direction （指水）冲走（某人[某物]）
*debris washed along by the flood 洪水冲走的破烂东西
* The body was washed out to sea. 那具尸体已冲到海里.
* Pieces of the wreckage were washed ashore. 遇难船只的残骸碎物已冲到了岸上.
* He was washed overboard in the storm. 在暴风雨中他被从船上冲到水里.
4 [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (out) (of water) form sth by flowing; scoop sth out （指水）冲成, 冲出
*The stream had washed (out) a channel in the sand. 小河在沙地上冲出了一条沟.
5 [Tn] pour water through gravel, etc in order to find (gold, etc) 用水冲沙砾等以选出（沙金等）
*washing ore 淘洗矿石.
6 [Tn] cover (a surface) with a thin layer of water-paint 用水溶性颜料涂饰（物体表面）.
7 [I, Ipr] (only in questions or negative sentences 只用于疑问句或否定句) ~ (with sb) (infml 口) be accepted or believed (by sb) （被某人）接受或相信
*That excuse simply won't wash (with me). 这种借口（让我）实在无法相信.
8 (idm 习语) wash one's dirty linen in `public discuss one's personal (esp unpleasant) affairs or quarrels in public 公开谈论个人的（尤指坏的）事情或争吵的事; 家丑外扬. wash one's hands of sb/sth refuse to be responsible for sb/sth (any longer) 对某人[某事物]不（再）负责; 洗手不干
*I've washed my hands of the whole sordid business. 我已经彻底洗手不干那种肮脏的勾当了.
9 (phr v) wash sb/sth away (of water) remove or carry sb/sth away to another place （指水）将某人[某物]冲掉或冲至另一处
*Her child was washed away in the flood. 她的孩子让洪水给冲走了.
* footprints washed away by the rain 被雨水冲掉的脚印
* The cliffs are being gradually washed away by the sea. 这处悬崖逐渐让海水冲刷剥蚀了.

Wash.
a written abbreviation of Washington