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单词 awash
释义 awash
\ə+\ adverb (or adjective)
Etymology: a- (I) + wash, v.
1.
 a. : alternately covered and exposed by the waves of tide : washed by the sea
  < two whales spouting close to the factory and lying carelessly awash — R.B.Robertson >
  < a group of great islands almost awash with the sea — C.O.Dunbar >
 b. : washing about : afloat
  < everything movable on deck was awash >
 c. : covered with water : flooded
  < the street was awash after the sudden storm >
2. : marked by an abundance : full, overflowing
 < the resulting music is awash with decayed Viennese romanticism — Herbert Weinstock >
 < here is the household awash with children — Brendan Gill >
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