来自古英语wascan,清洗，清洁，沐浴，来自Proto-Germanic*watskan,洗，词源同water,水，字母t脱落，-sk,表反身。后词义通用化。
(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 &B{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。
(of clothes, bedlinen, or similar) put aside for washing or in the process of being washed
（衣服、床单或类似之物）待洗的；正在洗的
(informal)discuss or argue about one's personal affairs in public
(非正式)外扬家丑
go to the toilet (used euphemistically)
(婉)解手
disclaim responsibility for
拒绝承担…责任
the social services washed their hands of his daughter.
社会福利机构不再承管他女儿的事。
accompany or follow food with a drink
就着饮料吃（食物）
bacon and eggs &B{washed down with} a cup of tea.
就着一杯茶吃下去的熏肉和鸡蛋。
(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。
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
To clean by washing with water from top to bottom
冲洗：用水从头到尾清洗
wash down the walls.
彻底清洗墙壁
To follow the ingestion of (food, for example) with the ingestion of a liquid
吞下，咽下：吃下（如食物）后再喝某种液体
washed the cake down with coffee.
用咖啡把蛋糕冲下肚去
To remove or be removed by washing.
水洗使褪色
color that had been washed out by bleach.
因水洗而渐褪的颜色
To carry or wear away or be carried or worn away by the action of moving water
用水流搬走或侵蚀掉
The river rose and washed out the dam. The road has washed out five miles down the mountain.
河水陡涨，冲垮了大坝。山下的路被冲坏的有五英里
To deplete or become depleted of vitality
活力耗尽，变得枯竭
By evening, I was washed out from overwork.
到了傍晚，我被过多的工作累得精疲力尽
To eliminate or be eliminated as unsatisfactory
删除：因不满意而删除或被删除
a football player who was washed out; an officer candidate who washed out after one month.
被罚下场的足球队员；一月后被免职的候选官员
To cause (an event) to be rained out.
使（某项事件）被取消
To wash one's hands.
洗手
&I{Chiefly British} To wash dishes after a meal.
&I{【多用于英国】} 餐后刷盘子
To burn out; exhaust
精疲力竭；极其困乏
She's all washed up as an editor.
她做编辑工作累得精疲力竭
To be revealed eventually
暴露，真相大白：最终被揭露出来
The real reasons for her resignation will come out in the wash.
她辞职的真正原因终究会真相大白的
To turn out well in the end
结果很好
Don't worry: this project will come out in the wash.
不要着急：这项工程会有好结果的
To refuse to accept responsibility for.
拒绝接受某项义务
To abandon; renounce.
抛弃；放弃
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