vt.

1. 洗，洗涤
   She washed her face and hands, then went downstairs.

   她洗了脸和手之后走下楼去。

2. 冲掉，冲走[O][（+away）]
3. 冲击，拍打；漫过；流过
4. 洗掉[（+off/away）]
   They washed those marks off the wall.

   他们把墙上的那些印记洗掉了。

5. 洗成[O8]
6. 洗刷（罪过）
   He is trying to wash away his sins.

   他正试图洗刷他的罪过。

7. 粉刷，涂（漆、颜料）于；镀金属薄层于

vi.

1. 洗手；洗脸；洗澡；洗衣
   He likes to wash in cold water.

   他喜欢用冷水洗澡。

2. 耐洗[Q]
   This cloth washes well.

   这种布很耐洗。

3. 冲击，拍打；溅泼[（+against/over）]
   Huge waves washed over the deck of the ship.

   巨浪从船甲板上打了过去。

4. 被冲；被冲蚀
5. 【英】【口】（常用在疑问和否定句中）（论点等）站得住脚，经得住考验；可信[（+with）]
   His argument won't wash.

   他的论点站不住脚。

n.

1. 洗，洗涤[S]
   He takes a cold wash every day.

   他每天洗一次冷水浴。

2. 洗东西处；洗衣店[C]
   My coat is at the wash.

   我的外衣在洗衣店里。

3. 要洗的（洗好的）衣服[S]
   I haven't done the wash yet.

   我衣服还没洗好。

4. 水的奔流，流水的拍打声[the S]
5. 淡水彩画[C][U]
6. （常用于复合词）……药水；化妆水[C][U]

a.

1. 【美】【口】耐洗的

v.

1. clean with water and, typically, soap or detergent.
   ▸remove (a stain or dirt) in this way.
   ▸(of fabric, a garment, or dye) withstand cleaning to a specified degree without shrinking or fading.
   ▸do one's laundry.
2. (of flowing water) carry or move in a particular direction.
   ▸be carried by flowing water.
   ▸sift metallic particles from (earth or gravel) by running water through it.
3. (wash over) occur all around without greatly affecting.
4. literary wet or moisten.
5. brush with a thin coat of dilute paint or ink.
   ▸ (wash something with) coat inferior metal with (a film of gold or silver from a solution).
6. [with neg.] informal seem convincing or genuine.

n.

1. an act of washing or an instance of being washed.
   ▸a quantity of clothes needing to be or just having been washed.
2. the water or air disturbed by a moving boat or aircraft.
   ▸the breaking of waves on a shore.
3. a medicinal or cleansing solution.
4. a thin coating of paint or metal.
5. silt or gravel carried by water and deposited as sediment.
   ▸a sandbank exposed only at low tide.
6. malt fermenting in preparation for distillation.
7. N. Amer. informal a situation or result that is of no benefit to either of two opposing sides.