| 单词 | to wash over |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wash over 14. trans. to wash down: to swallow liquor along with or after (solid food), in order to assist deglutition or digestion. Also with figurative object. Also rarely to wash over. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > wash down food to wash down1600 water1630 rinse1631 wet1878 1600 A. Munday et al. First Pt. True Hist. Sir I. Old-castle sig. I4v In this one draught I wash my sorrow downe. 1649 R. Lovelace Being treated, To Ellinda 4 Flutes of Canary That well did wash downe pasties-mary. 1744 M. Bishop Life Matthew Bishop 193 I had three plentiful Meals, and some good Liquors to wash it down. 1843 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross I. ii. 26 Then a good cut out of the middle of a well-browned saddle of mutton, wash it over with a few glasses of iced champagne. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxxviii. 380 This profound reflection Mr. Toodle washed down with a pint mug of tea. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany ix. 151 This we washed down with a..‘bowl’ of mulled Bordeaux. < as lemmas |
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