| 单词 | laundry |
| 释义 | laundry (lɔːndri ) Word forms: laundries 1. uncountable noun B2 Laundry is used to refer to clothes, sheets, and towels that are about to be washed, are being washed, or have just been washed. I'll do your laundry. ...the room where I hang the laundry. He'd put his dirty laundry in the clothes basket. [+ in] 2. countable noun A laundry is a firm that washes and irons clothes, sheets, and towels for people. We had to have the washing done at the laundry. 3. countable noun [usually singular] A laundry or a laundry room is a room in a house, hotel, or institution where clothes, sheets, and towels are washed. He worked in the laundry at Oxford prison. [+ at] 4. to wash your dirty laundry in public phrase If you say that someone washes their dirty linen in public, you disapprove of their discussing or arguing about unpleasant or private things in front of other people. There are several other forms of this expression, for example wash your dirty laundry in public, or in American English, air your dirty laundry in public. [disapproval] The sight of former MPs washing their dirty linen in public was embarrassing. We shouldn't wash our dirty laundry in public and if I was in his position, I'd say nothing. Idioms: a laundry list [mainly US] a large number or long list of things This document is expected to set out a laundry list of reasons why shareholders should reject the bid. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: dry laundry If located in the utility room, you can dry laundry - an alternative to the (electricity-sapping) tumble dryer. Times, Sunday Times Much of the action takes place within the cramped confines of a tenement block, notably on the roof used to dry laundry. Times, Sunday Times Hot air rises, so airers mounted on the ceiling are not only conveniently out of the way, they also dry laundry extra-quickly. Times, Sunday Times I've got used to a flat so small that when we put up the clothes horse to dry laundry, we have to climb across the furniture like an obstacle course. The Sun There may be a common area to dry laundry. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Extensively (and sensitively) modernised four years ago, the four-bedroom, threebathroom flat has a lounge, kitchen/ diner, laundry room and cleverly configured storage. Times,Sunday Times She avoided their eyes when they met in the laundry room of their apartment block. Times, Sunday Times He tried going through the laundry room to get upstairs, but it was also engulfed. Times, Sunday Times Recently, youth players couldn't train because the laundry room didn't know their schedule and there was no kit. Times, Sunday Times There would also be a split-level area below ground, for a gym, a laundry room and a garage. Times, Sunday Times After they married, he became a travelling salesman selling laundry soap. The Times Literary Supplement He intended to build a delivery truck from scratch for his family's buy and sell business of rice, corn, vegetables and their home-made laundry soap. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was the world's first packaged, branded laundry soap. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Harsh chemicals or household laundry soaps can cause discolouration. The Sun Slowly detergent powders substituted laundry soaps within overall fabric wash category. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As if we went above and beyond because we folded a load of laundry or cleaned a bathroom on one occasion. Times,Sunday Times I'd wash a load of laundry, put it in the dryer and maybe even fold the clothes too. The Sun Instead of doing it all - starting a load of laundry, making dinner, and reading the post - do one thing at a time. Times, Sunday Times He suggests that we go into the kitchen to put on a load of laundry. Times, Sunday Times With each load of laundry, the clothes we wear shed thousands of microfibres, which threaten marine life and with it our drinking water and food chain. Times,Sunday Times They like nothing better than taking a pile of laundry to a perilous place and getting out the ironing board. Times, Sunday Times Or so it seems, judging by the model-limbed brunette in my peripheral vision, with an overflowing pile of laundry in her arms. Times, Sunday Times No: the bedrooms get more and more disgusting, the pile of laundry gets taller, the floor disappears beneath the socks and bags of crisps. Times, Sunday Times They show the domestic drudgery of military life: washing lockers, inspecting kit, sorting laundry, scrubbing floors and taking tea. Times, Sunday Times Tidying, cleaning a sink, sorting laundry, sorting paperwork, washing up, etc all get done in short bursts without becoming a major task. The Sun Ironing, sorting laundry and unloading the dishwasher are all good ways to switch off. Times, Sunday Times I enjoy building fires, vacuuming and cooking, yet hanging out wet laundry gives me rising damp in my soul. Times, Sunday Times I'll wring them like wet laundry, until a bit of blood drips in them. Times, Sunday Times Many users say they take out some wet laundry and dry their clothes in two batches to speed drying time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After several tries, dad finds the toy among the wet laundry and reclaims hero status. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has a distinctive smell said to be of bedbugs or of wet laundry. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 要洗的衣服 Japanese: 洗濯物 |
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