| 单词 | wash out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wash out e. to wash out: to cleanse the interior of (a vessel). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > wash [verb (transitive)] > wash interior of to wash out1827 1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. ii. 56 It is requisite that it [the bottle] be washed out after every experiment, the last two or three rincings being made with distilled water. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 757 A tube of convenient size open at the top or sides so that it can be properly washed-out. to wash out d. †to wash up, ? to wash with vigorous rubbing. to wash out, to rinse so as to remove soap or other substance from the web of the stuff. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > wash [verb (transitive)] swillc725 wash900 laveOE bewash1589 elavate1599 to wash up1756 to wash down1877 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > wash [verb (transitive)] > rinse sinda1350 spoil1480 rinsec1500 slouse1726 sluice1755 sozzle1845 slush1854 to wash out1876 sloush1889 wash1894 slooshy1907 sloosh1912 1756 F. Home Exper. Bleaching 214 Give it a boil or two at most, and then wash it up while the gross body of the lime is in the substance of the cloth. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 688/2 They [dyed calicoes] are treated with a hot solution of soap; they are then washed out, squeezed, and again soaped. to wash out e. to wash out (transitive): extracted from washv. (a) to obliterate, cancel, remove. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > efface, obliterate [verb (transitive)] dilghec897 scrape1303 washc1380 fade1398 razea1425 out-razec1425 racec1450 enrasea1492 stramp1535 wipe1535 facec1540 cancel1559 outblot1573 to wash out1580 to blur out1581 obliterate1607 efface1611 dislimna1616 excerebrate1621 demark1655 rufflea1680 erase1695 scrub1828 overscore1834 elide1846 trash1859 to wipe (off) the slate1921 1580 H. F. tr. S. Pelegromius Synonymorum Sylua 70/2 To Crosse or Cancell out, or to wash out writinges. 1616 Withals' Dict. 563 Lutum luto purgare. To wash out incke with incke. 1763 H. Spens tr. Plato Republic iv. 151 Such wool as is not managed in this manner, you know what sort it proves; whether one is dying other colours, or this one, without the due preparation beforehand. I know, said he, that they are easily washen out. 1850 F. E. Smedley Frank Fairlegh xxvi. 217 This Wilford is a noted duellist, and no doubt thirsts to wash out the insult he has received in blood. 1859 E. FitzGerald tr. Rubáiyát Omar Khayyám li. 11 Nor [shall] all thy Tears wash out a Word of it. 1932 R. Niebuhr Moral Man & Immoral Society (1933) iii. 81 It will prevent the idea of justice, which is a politico-ethical ideal, from becoming a purely political one, with the ethical element washed out. 1983 Sci. Amer. Feb. 86/3 Coronal structure hinted at in ordinary photographs is largely washed out by overexposure of the bright inner corona. (b) colloquial. To call off (an event), esp. because of bad weather; to eliminate (a possible course of action). Usually passive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > annul, cancel, revoke [verb (transitive)] > event, commitment to call off1900 to wash out1917 1917 A. S. G. Lee Let. 25 May in No Parachute (1968) 24 Today I have two patrols, one this morning..but after an hour it was washed out through bad weather. 1933 P. MacDonald Myst. Dead Police vii. 49 I'll get that murder charge washed out altogether. 1953 ‘N. Shute’ In Wet v. 149 If there's an awful lot of work before we go, I might have to wash it out. 1964 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 8 Apr. (1970) 104 When the commentator inquired about the possibility of McNamara [being Vice-President] and pointed out that he had been a registered Republican at one time, Lippman rather washed that one out. 1977 Belfast Tel. 14 Feb. 22/4 Bangor's first ever mid-week racing fixture..was washed out today when stewards inspected the course and found it waterlogged. (c) Air Force slang. To kill (an airman) in a crash; to crash (an aircraft); also (const. of or from), to withdraw (a person) from a course. Usually passive. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > [verb (transitive)] > withdraw from a course to wash out1918 the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by crashing to wash out1918 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (transitive)] > land > crash-land pile1891 crash1915 to wash out1918 prang1941 1918 J. M. Grider War Birds (1926) 87 Wholesale funerals... Six American Naval pilots..thought that Camels were as easy to fly as the Hanriots they had been flying in France and they wouldn't listen to any advice from the instructors here. Three of them were washed out one week. 1927 C. A. Lindbergh ‘We’ v. 73 Coupled with this was the anxiety of waiting for the returns from our examination papers, the failure of any two of which would be sufficient cause for their owner to be washed out from the courses. 1928 Pop. Sci. Monthly May 72 That Kiwi washed out the only peppy crate in the outfit. 1942 F. H. Joseph Lett. home from Brit. at War 16 Three planes were washed out completely, others damaged. 1943 Yank 30 July 18 The air cadet needed only 20 flying hours for his commission when he was suddenly washed out of advanced training and shipped. 1979 M. Hastings Bomber Command vi. 145 Owen was washed out of pilot training within a fortnight, and posted to learn to be a navigator. to wash out b. To separate (metallic particles) by treating the containing earth with water. Also to wash out. ΚΠ 1555 R. Eden tr. G. F. de Oviedo y Valdés Summarie Gen. Hist. W. Indies in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 177v These mynes..owght euer to bee soughte nere to sum ryuer..to thende that the golde maye bee wasshed. 1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 117 A peculiar way of washing out very small Dust-gold. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. v. 50 The washing the gold..from the sand and dirt, with which it is always mixed. 1920 Conquest May 324/1 Potassium and sodium cyanides are employed..for the purpose of washing out the gold from the quartz. to wash out b. intransitive in phrase to wash out, to fail to lift out the blade of the oar squarely at the finish of the stroke. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > [verb (intransitive)] > row > row in specific manner or style sheave1611 to pull away1676 paddle1697 to stretch one's oars1697 to stretch to the oar (or stroke)1697 to row dry1769 to stretch out1836 screw1866 bucket1869 to pull one's weight1878 sky1881 to wash out1884 1884 St. James's Gaz. 28 Mar. 6/2 Stroke and No. 4 were washing out and rowing light in the finish of the stroke. < as lemmas |
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