wash
- n.
- 洗，洗涤，冲洗，洗的衣服，冲积物，洼地
- vt.
- 洗，洗涤，洗清，用水冲洗，流过，弄湿，粉刷，镀金属薄层于
- vi.
- 洗涤，洗澡，被冲蚀，漂浮
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 waschen
- 继承自 ←中古英语 wasshen,waschen “to wash”
- 继承自 ←古英语 wascan “to wash”
- 继承自 ←原始西日耳曼语 *waskan “to wash”
- 继承自 ←原始日耳曼语 *waskaną,*watskaną “to wash, get wet”
- 源自 ←原始印欧语 *wed- “wet, water”
词源说明
From Middle English wasshen, waschen (“to wash”), from Old English wascan (“to wash”), from Proto-West Germanic *waskan (“to wash”), from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, *watskaną (“to wash, get wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“wet, water”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian waaske (“to wash”), West Frisian waskje (“to wash”), Dutch wassen, wasschen (“to wash”), Low German waschen (“to wash”), German waschen (“to wash”), Danish vaske (“to wash”), Faroese and Icelandic vaska (“to wash”), Norwegian Bokmål vaske (“to wash”), Norwegian Nynorsk vaske, vaska (“to wash”), Swedish vaska (“to wash”).
The noun is cognate with Saterland Frisian Waaske (“wash”), West Frisian wask (“wash”), Dutch was (“wash”), Low German Wask, Waske (“wash”), German Wäsche (“wash”), Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish vask (“wash”).
释义（英文）
- (transitive) To clean with water.
- (transitive) To carry away or erode by the force of water in motion.
- (intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
- (intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
- (transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
- (intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing