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wash out動詞派生詞[1][2]

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washout (可數 不可數,複數 washouts)

  1. (內部的)清洗沖洗
    • 1944 March–April, E. S. Waterhouse, 「Two Footplate Rides on 『Merchant Navy』 Locomotives」, 出自 The Railway Magazine, London: Tothill Press, →ISSN, →OCLC,頁號 88:
      No. 21C9 was in need of a boiler washout and though she was carefully and assiduously fired and use made of the fire-irons during the run, it was not possible to maintain steam, which often fell as low as 210 lb.
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    • 1959 April, 「Motive Power Miscellany: Eastern Region」, 出自 Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC,頁號 224:
      In recent months, as we have already reported, boiler washouts of Stratford's "Britannia" Pacifics have been carried out at Norwich, owing to the better staff situation at the latter shed, []
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  2. (內部的)清洗用具
    The cistern was fitted with washouts and air-valves.
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  3. 沖刷造成的侵蝕;衝出來的水渠
    1. (原用於美國鐵路運輸road transport) 洪水造成的鐵路或路面缺口
      近義詞: (多用於澳大利亞) washaway
      同類詞: slipout
      • 2020 8月 26, 「Network News: [Grant] Shapps Orders Rapid Review of Flash Flood Resilience from NR」, 出自 Rail, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC,頁號 9:
        In a message to NR [National Rail] staff on August 14, Haines said: "It's not just Scotland impacted by extreme wet weather. This week we have seen, and will continue to see, heavy rain fall. This has caused washouts and landslips across the length and breadth of Great Britain."
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  4. (俚語)
    1. 雨天取消活動
      近義詞: rainout
      • 1939, The Railroad Telegrapher, 卷 56, Peoria, Ill.: Order of Railroad Telegraphers, →OCLC,頁號 779:
        The Austin picnic was a washout, rained all day.
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    2. 決定性勝利大勝
      • 2011 3月 28, 「Illawarra turns blue in Liberal washout」, 出自 ABC News[1], Sydney, N.S.W.,2023-03-03歸檔自原頁面:
        Illawarra turns blue in Liberal washout [title]
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      • 2020 11月 5, Jack Elsom, 「『We were told this was going to be a landslide!』 Piers Morgan blames the Democrats and Joe Biden’s lacklustre campaign for closer than predicted presidential race」, 出自 Daily Mail[2], London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC2020-11-19歸檔自原頁面:
        [Joe] Biden failed to flip crucial toss-up states such as Florida and Ohio and pull off the blue washout his supporters had been touting.
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    3. 令人失望慘敗
    4. 失敗的人
      As an actor he was a complete washout, so he went back to accounting.
      他的表演生涯很失敗,所以他又干回了會計。
  5. (航空學)
    1. (aeronautics) (空氣作用下)機翼扭曲
    2. (英國空軍俚語) 損壞飛機;飛機殘骸
    3. (英國原為空軍俚語) 沒能完成訓練任務飛行員
  6. (醫學)
    1. 將藥物完全排出的時間
    2. (亦生物學) 沖洗;沖洗液;沖洗出的物體
      a bladder washout
      膀胱沖洗
  7. (氣象學) 沖洗沖刷
  8. (礦業) 礦物沖刷走的地方

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  1. wash-out, n.」, OED Online  , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2023
  2. washout, n.」, Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, reproduced from Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, ISBN 978-0-679-42441-3

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