1 If water washes somewhere, it flows there, usually repeatedly. -- （水）漫過，流過，沖刷
A Spanish crew member had been washed overboard (= carried off a ship into the sea by the force of the water) in the storm. 風暴中一名西班牙船員從船上被沖到海裡。
More than 400 dead dolphins had been washed ashore. 400多頭死亡的海豚被沖上了岸。
Overnight the waves had washed up a lot of rubbish. 一夜之間海水將大量垃圾沖上了岸。
She stood on the shore and let the water wash over her tired feet. 她站在岸邊，任水漫過她疲憊的雙腳。
2 the action of washing something or a part of your body -- 洗，洗滌；洗澡
Are you doing a wash tonight? 你今天晚上要洗衣服嗎？
I need to have a wash before dinner 吃飯前我要洗洗手。
"Where's my pink shirt?" "It's in the wash" (= being washed or in a pile of clothes that is going to be washed). 「我的粉紅襯衫呢？」「正在洗著呢（或在要洗的衣服堆裡）。」
Can I put this shirt in (with) the white wash? 我能把這件襯衫同白色的衣服一起洗嗎？
Erik needed a good wash after playing in the garden. 埃里克在花園裡玩過之後需要好好洗個澡。
3 a thin layer of water or paint mixed with water, especially one that is brushed lightly over a painting to make the lines softer -- （水的）一層；（塗料的）薄塗層
4 an event or situation in which positive and negative things balance each other -- 均衡局勢
5 (the sound made) when the sea moves against land, etc. -- 海浪的沖刷聲
Before culture, the oocytes were washed three times in a maturation culture medium.
Three regular verbs (wash, mend, paint) and three irregular verbs (eat, hit, cut) were used in a total of 48 sentences.
These kind creatures next turned their attention to our personal appearance, and prevailed upon us to shave and wash ourselves.
Usually - overwhelmingly likely, in typical cases - the exact behaviour of the microscopic constituents does ' wash out', and become irrelevant to the macroscopic behaviour.
They were washed in several changes of deionized water and dehydrated in an ascending series of acetone concentrations.
There was a highly significant association between the age group of camper and whether they washed their hands.
After the pulping the coffee beans are washed and the remaining pulp is usually composted.
In brief, washed labelled trypomastigotes (5 x 104/tube) were dispensed into small plastic tubes.
