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单词 wash away
释义

wash away

phrasal verb
If rain or floods wash away something, they destroy it and carry it away.
Flood waters washed away one of the main bridges in Pusan. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
This causes environmental damage when the topsoil is washed away by the rains. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
See full dictionary entry for wash

Examples of 'wash away' in a sentence
wash away

It had been washed away by rain the next morning.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Then unexpected rains washed away the grit and a cold snap froze the roads into sheets of ice.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Narrow terraces have to be carved out of hillsides so steep that particularly heavy monsoon rains sometimes wash away entire strips of farmland.
Jonathan Gregson BLOOD AGAINST THE SNOWS: The Tragic Story of Nepal's Royal Dynasty (2002)
This temporary artwork was designed to be washed away by rain, but some locals were still outraged.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Forecasters said the snow would be washed away quickly by rain - but that prospect sparked flood warnings.
The Sun (2010)
This is due to exposure to sunlight, caused when rain washes away the soil from around the plants.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In reality it was an expensive disaster and the all-weather gallop was virtually washed away in a rain storm.
The Sun (2010)
It would have been brushed off by street cleaners, kicked away by pedestrians or simply washed away in the rain.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It is barely four years since Qatar's big moment was washed away in torrential rain.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)

Chinese translation of 'wash away'

wash away

vt

  1. [bridge, building, village etc] 冲(沖)走 (chōngzǒu)
See wash

Nearby words of
wash away

  • was
  • "was it where I said?" — "yes, it was/no, it wasn't"
  • wash
  • wash away
  • wash down
  • wash off
  • wash out

Related terms of
wash away

  • wash up
  • wash out
  • wash off
  • wash down
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