| 词组 | wash up |
| 释义 | wash up 1. wash up • wash up sth • wash sth up BrE to wash plates, dishes, knives etc, especially after a meal: ▪ Since you made lunch, I'll wash up. ▪ Ruth was helping behind the bar, washing up the glasses. washing-up n U BrE if you do the washing-up, you wash plates, dishes, knives etc, especially after a meal: ▪ Susan was doing the washing up and Simon had insisted on helping her. 2. wash up AmE to wash your hands, especially before eating: ▪ Go wash up, boys. It's almost dinner time. 3. wash up sth • wash sth up • wash up if something is washed up by the sea, it is carried onto the shore and left there by the sea: ▪ Her body was found washed up on a Moroccan beach. ▪ Wreckage from the dinghy was washed up a few miles up the coast. 4. be washed up if someone is washed up, they are no longer successful in their life or their job, and it is very difficult for them to change this situation: ▪ Benn's critics are saying that he's washed up, and that his career in international boxing is over. ▪ The former star said he knew he was washed-up when no one seemed to recognize him anymore. |
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