/wɒʃ; US wɔ:ʃ ||; wɔʃ/verb1 [I,T] to clean sb/sth/yourself with water and often soap 洗: to wash your hands/face/hair 洗手；洗脸；洗头发That shirt needs washing. 那件衬衫要洗一洗。Wash and dress quickly or you'll be late! 快点梳洗穿衣服，不然你会迟到的！I'll wash (= wash the dishes), you dry. 我来洗碗，你来抹干。 ☞Look at the note at clean ². 参看clean^2的注释。
2 [I,T] (used about water) to flow or carry sth/sb in the direction mentioned （指水）流过，冲: I let the waves wash over my feet. 我让波浪流过我的脚。The current washed the ball out to sea. 水流把球冲到海里去了。
3 [I] to be able to be washed without being damaged 耐洗: Does this material wash well, or does the colour come out? 这种布料耐洗吗，会褪色吗？
wash your hands of sb/sth to refuse to be responsible for sb/sth any longer 不再过问；不再负责:
They washed their hands of their son when he was sent to prison. 儿子坐牢以后，他们不再过问他的事。 wash sb/sth away (used about water) to carry sb/sth away （指水）将…冲走:
The floods had washed away the path. 洪水将小径冲掉了。 wash (sth) off to (make sth) disappear by washing （使某物）被洗掉:
The writing has washed off and now I can't read it. 这字迹给水弄模糊了，现在我看不清了。Go and wash that make-up off! 去把脸上的化妆洗掉！ wash out to be removed from a material by washing 洗掉:
These grease marks won't wash out. 这些油迹洗不掉。 wash sth out to wash sth or the inside of sth in order to remove dirt 将某物（的内部）洗净:
I'll just wash out this bowl and then we can use it. 我把这碗洗干净，我们就可以用了。 wash (sth) up 1 (Brit 英) to wash the plates, knives, forks, etc after a meal （饭后）洗餐具，洗碗盘: Whose turn is it to wash up? 轮到谁洗碗？
2 (US 美) to wash your face and hands 洗脸洗手: Go and wash up quickly and put on some clean clothes. 快去洗脸洗手，换上干净衣服。
3 (often passive 常用于被动语态) (used about water) to carry sth to land and leave it there （指水）将某物冲到岸上: Police found the girl's body washed up on the beach. 警方发现那个女孩的尸体被冲到海滩上。