| 单词 | wash down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wash down g. to wash down: to wash from top to bottom or from end to end. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > wash [verb (transitive)] swillc725 wash900 laveOE bewash1589 elavate1599 to wash up1756 to wash down1877 1877 G. Stables Pract. Kennel Guide 129 A portion of carbolic acid should be used with the water you wash down the yard with. 1898 Jrnl. School Geogr. (U.S.) Oct. 300 The waters of the bay are so foul that..ships which visit Rio..do not wash down their decks..during their stay in port. 1901 ‘G. Douglas’ House with Green Shutters 14 Gilmour..was washing down the legs of a horse. to wash down 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. to wash down 19. Mechanics. transitive. to wash off, to cut to a slope or bevel. to wash down (see quot. 1909). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline [verb (transitive)] > bevel cant1542 splay1598 chamfret1611 cipher1674 bevel1678 bezel1680 chamfer1688 champer1788 scarf1831 to wash off1833 splay1879 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > perform general or industrial manufacturing processes [verb (transitive)] > sharpen or put edge on whetc897 strokec1400 set1461 filour1483 sharpen1530 to wash down1909 1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §1117 The sole for the [window-] frame..to be washed off (sloped) on the outside to carry off the rain. 1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. To wash down, Mech., to work to a thin edge or featheredge. Scot. < as lemmas |
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