soap and watern.

Etymology: soap n.¹

The commonest method of washing, used in phrases referring to standards of personal cleanliness. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > water or solutions > types of solution > soap and water

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suds1581

lather1583

soap-suds1611

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sapples1821

soap and water1837

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1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. II. iii. ii. 151 The demand of society for fresh air and soap and water has considerably increased.

1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner xiv. 243 A great ceremony with soap and water, from which baby came out in new beauty.

1907 G. B. Shaw Major Barbara Pref. in John Bull's Other Island 168 Transfigured men and women carry their gospel through a transfigured world..practising what the world will let them practise, including soap and water, color and music.

1922 E. O'Neill Hairy Ape iv. 37 Their faces and bodies shine from a soap and water scrubbing.

1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. xv. 469 The spread of the soap-and-water habit might well account for the lowering of infant mortality rates.

1973 A. MacVicar Painted Doll Affair iii. 39 She was an enthusiast for soap and water, as her schoolgirl complexion showed.

Derivatives

soap-and-water v. transitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > wash [verb (transitive)] > wash in soapy water

latherc950

soap1585

suds1834

yellow-soap1836

soap-and-water1847

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1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxxi. 310 By-the-bye she'll soap-and-water that 'ere tablet presently.

1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 Oct. 2/1 So soap-and-watering the infant Gargantua as to fit him for a Sunday school.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	soap and water
释义	soap and watern. Etymology: soap n.¹ The commonest method of washing, used in phrases referring to standards of personal cleanliness. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > water or solutions > types of solution > soap and water graith1513 suds1581 lather1583 soap-suds1611 bumble broth1624 soap-sud1699 sapples1821 soap and water1837 suds1884 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. II. iii. ii. 151 The demand of society for fresh air and soap and water has considerably increased. 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner xiv. 243 A great ceremony with soap and water, from which baby came out in new beauty. 1907 G. B. Shaw Major Barbara Pref. in John Bull's Other Island 168 Transfigured men and women carry their gospel through a transfigured world..practising what the world will let them practise, including soap and water, color and music. 1922 E. O'Neill Hairy Ape iv. 37 Their faces and bodies shine from a soap and water scrubbing. 1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. xv. 469 The spread of the soap-and-water habit might well account for the lowering of infant mortality rates. 1973 A. MacVicar Painted Doll Affair iii. 39 She was an enthusiast for soap and water, as her schoolgirl complexion showed. Derivatives soap-and-water v. transitive. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > wash [verb (transitive)] > wash in soapy water latherc950 soap1585 suds1834 yellow-soap1836 soap-and-water1847 sapple1897 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxxi. 310 By-the-bye she'll soap-and-water that 'ere tablet presently. 1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 Oct. 2/1 So soap-and-watering the infant Gargantua as to fit him for a Sunday school. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1837
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