英语词汇“to take in one another's washing”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Clothes newly washed or set apart to be washed. to come out in the washing: = to come out in the wash at wash n. 2d; to take in one another's washing: to help one another by buying one another's goods or services, esp. where no new wealth accrues overall; to render mutual services, to be mutually dependent.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > clothes to be or that have been washed

buck1532

wash1789

snow1811

washing1843

wash-linen1901

laundry1916

dry cleaning1930

society > occupation and work > business affairs > [verb (intransitive)] > render mutual services

to take in one another's washing1889

society > trade and finance > barter > [verb (intransitive)] > exchange services

to take in one another's washing1889

1843 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross II. viii. 214 Family washings were whisked away [by the wind], or torn to tatters on the drying lines.

1876 A. Trollope Prime Minister IV. xii. 183 The effects which causes will produce,..the manner in which this or that proposition will come out in the washing, do not strike even Cabinet Ministers at a glance.

1889 J. M. Barrie Window in Thrums xxi. 198 She got her death..one day of sudden rain, when she had run out to bring in her washing.

1889 G. B. Shaw How to become Musical Critic (1960) 147 The inhabitants either live in villas on independent incomes or else by taking in one another's washing and selling confectionery, scrap books, and photographs.

1901 C.T.C. Gaz. Oct. 390 Perambulators used by poor people to carry home washing in the evening.

1905 J. Mackenzie Michael Bruce iii. 34 The box was returned regularly with his washing, so that during the session a constant supply from home was furnished.

1913 R. Brooke Let. 1 Sept. (1968) 501 Most of happiness is because one's friends are happy: so that spiritually—whatever the damned Economists may say—we do live by taking in each other's washing.

1937 M. Borden Black Virgin iii. 63 Quite half the women she knew were [working] in shops of one sort or another. The only drawback to that being..that they took in each other's washing... Mona and Peg bought Cimmie's clothes. Cimmie bought her hats from Mona, her nighties from Peg.

1962 J. L. Austin's Sense & Sensibilia i. 4 These two terms, ‘sense-data’ and ‘material things’, live by taking in each other's washing.

1967 G. Sims Last Best Friend xviii. 169 I expect you know what dealers are like for selling among themselves, it's rather like taking in each other's washing.

单词	to take in one another's washing
释义	> as lemmas to take in one another's washing a. Clothes newly washed or set apart to be washed. to come out in the washing: = to come out in the wash at wash n. 2d; to take in one another's washing: to help one another by buying one another's goods or services, esp. where no new wealth accrues overall; to render mutual services, to be mutually dependent. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > clothes to be or that have been washed buck1532 wash1789 snow1811 washing1843 wash-linen1901 laundry1916 dry cleaning1930 society > occupation and work > business affairs > [verb (intransitive)] > render mutual services to take in one another's washing1889 society > trade and finance > barter > [verb (intransitive)] > exchange services to take in one another's washing1889 1843 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross II. viii. 214 Family washings were whisked away [by the wind], or torn to tatters on the drying lines. 1876 A. Trollope Prime Minister IV. xii. 183 The effects which causes will produce,..the manner in which this or that proposition will come out in the washing, do not strike even Cabinet Ministers at a glance. 1889 J. M. Barrie Window in Thrums xxi. 198 She got her death..one day of sudden rain, when she had run out to bring in her washing. 1889 G. B. Shaw How to become Musical Critic (1960) 147 The inhabitants either live in villas on independent incomes or else by taking in one another's washing and selling confectionery, scrap books, and photographs. 1901 C.T.C. Gaz. Oct. 390 Perambulators used by poor people to carry home washing in the evening. 1905 J. Mackenzie Michael Bruce iii. 34 The box was returned regularly with his washing, so that during the session a constant supply from home was furnished. 1913 R. Brooke Let. 1 Sept. (1968) 501 Most of happiness is because one's friends are happy: so that spiritually—whatever the damned Economists may say—we do live by taking in each other's washing. 1937 M. Borden Black Virgin iii. 63 Quite half the women she knew were [working] in shops of one sort or another. The only drawback to that being..that they took in each other's washing... Mona and Peg bought Cimmie's clothes. Cimmie bought her hats from Mona, her nighties from Peg. 1962 J. L. Austin's Sense & Sensibilia i. 4 These two terms, ‘sense-data’ and ‘material things’, live by taking in each other's washing. 1967 G. Sims Last Best Friend xviii. 169 I expect you know what dealers are like for selling among themselves, it's rather like taking in each other's washing. extracted from washingn. < as lemmas
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