| 单词 | wash up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wash up f. to wash up: extracted from washv. (a) to wash (table utensils) after a meal. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing table utensils > wash table utensils [verb (transitive)] to wash up1751 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing table utensils > wash table utensils [verb (intransitive)] to wash up1820 wash1943 to get washed up1950 1751 F. Coventry Hist. Pompey the Little ii. xiii. 241 When he had done sipping his Tea, he used to wash up the Cups with the most orderly Exactness. 1820 J. Severn Let. 17 Dec. in J. Keats Lett. (1958) II. 363 I am obliged to wash up—cook—& read to Keats all day. 1837 J. Morier Abel Allnutt xx. 116 That Betsy might be allowed to come in and help to ‘wash up’. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xlix. 473 Sitting in state to see the room cleared, the hearth swept, and the dinner-service washed up and polished in the back yard. 1905 R. Bagot Passport xxiii. 233 His supper over, and Ernana having retired into the kitchen to wash up. (b) figurative. To bring to a conclusion; to end or finish (something). U.S. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > bring to an end or conclude [verb (transitive)] yendc1000 abatec1300 finec1300 endc1305 finisha1375 definec1384 terminec1390 achievea1393 out-enda1400 terminate?a1425 conclude1430 close1439 to bring adowna1450 terma1475 adetermine1483 determine1483 to knit up1530 do1549 parclose1558 to shut up1575 expire1578 date1589 to close up1592 period1595 includea1616 apostrophate1622 to wind off1650 periodizea1657 dismiss1698 to wind up1740 to put the lid on1873 to put the tin hat on something1900 to wash up1925 1925 World (N.Y.) 25 Oct. ii. 3/1 ‘That guy might be all right if he washed up [sc. washed, cleaned himself],’ commented Buck... Just then the stage manager called out: ‘What will I do with this act, Mr. Ziegfeld?’ ‘Wash up him and the bird,’ said Flo [Ziegfeld] and that was the last of the Italian and his trained canary... Hype Igoe, the World's sporting writer, heard of the incident..and in commenting..upon Frank Moran, heavy weight pugilist, advised that matchmakers ‘wash him up’. The phrase caught the sporting fancy..and has become a colloquial fixture..as a meaty synonym for finals and farewell. 1929 Sat. Evening Post 2 Nov. 24/3 ‘I had an idea,’ he explained... ‘Just came to me, riding back. I think I know how I can wash it up.’.. He would write it now—tonight! 1940 J. O'Hara Pal Joey (1952) 65 They said act of God and fire etc. wash up a contract automatically. 1972 D. Delman Sudden Death iv. 98 That man washed himself up with me because he couldn't keep his big, fat, fairy's mouth shut. to wash up 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 up o. to wash up: = sense 3j. U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > wash oneself [verb (intransitive)] washc1175 ablute1791 douche1843 souse1895 to wash up1934 1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1935 N. Marsh & H. Jellett Nursing-home Murder iii. 42 Thoms came into the [operating] theatre. ‘We ought to get washed up, sir,’ he said. 1947 J. Steinbeck Wayward Bus 214 A neatness of a mechanic who has just washed up. 1967 L. Block Deadly Honeymoon ii. 26 Wash up and change your clothes. 1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion (1980) i. xi. 145 She was glad when he came out of the bathroom and she could go in and wash up. to wash up c. to wash up: to retrieve (gold) from the riffles, sluices, etc., in which it has collected during washing. Also absol. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > wash or stream > for gold rock1825 pan1832 cradle1852 puddle1852 sluice1859 to wash up1869 yandy1937 to rock out1966 1869 J. Anderson Sawney's Lett. (ed. 2) 27 Now say, what have you ‘wash'd up’? Small wages. 1874 A. Bathgate Colonial Experiences xi. 142 After some months' hard work, we would wash up, and my mate would go off to sell the gold. 1900 B. Harte From Sand Hill to Pine 103 To dig for three or four hours in the morning, smoke their pipes..for an hour at noon, take up their labors again until sunset, when they ‘washed up’ and gathered sufficient gold to pay for their daily wants, was..the realization of a charming socialist ideal. < as lemmas |
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