washing-up

英 [ˌwɒʃɪŋ ˈʌp]

美 [ˌwɑːʃɪŋ ˈʌp]

n.  (饭后)刷洗餐具; (饭后的)待洗餐具

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牛津词典

noun

• （饭后）刷洗餐具
  the act of washing plates, glasses, pans, etc. after a meal
  1. If you cook, I'll do the washing-up .
     如果你做饭，我就洗碗。
  2. a washing-up bowl
     洗碟盆
• （饭后的）待洗餐具
  the dirty plates, glasses, pans, etc. that have to be washed after a meal
  1. The sink was still full of last night's washing-up.
     洗涤槽里仍然摆满了昨天晚上没洗刷的餐具。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 洗餐具
  Todothewashing-upmeans to wash the plates, cups, cutlery, and pans which have been used for cooking and eating a meal.
  1. Martha volunteered to do the washing-up.
     玛莎主动提出去洗餐具。

in AM, use 美国英语用 wash the dishes


• N-UNCOUNT 待洗的餐具
  Washing-upis the plates, cups, cutlery, and pans which you have to wash after a meal.
  1. ...a brimming bowl of washing-up.
     一满盆待洗的餐具

in AM, use 美国英语用 dirty dishes, the dishes

英英释义

noun

• the washing of dishes etc after a meal

双语例句

• Why do they always pick on me to do the washing-up?
  为什么他们总是挑我洗碗碟？
• Please tell his nibs that we'd like his help with the washing-up!
  请转告那位大人，我们想请他帮助刷锅洗碗！
• Let's leave the washing-up till the morning.
  餐具留到明天上午再洗吧。
• Thanks to the invention of dishwasher, making washing-up no longer a nightmare for housewives.
  多亏有洗碗机的发明，让饭后洗碗工作不再是家庭主妇的梦魇。
• To prevent any argument, I'll toss you for who does the washing-up.
  为避免争执，我和你来掷钱币决定谁洗碗碟。
• We could also use plastic plates so there wouldn't be any washing-up.
  我们也可以利用塑料盘子里，这样就不会有要洗的餐具。
• We've got so many services here, what with the gas cookers and washing-up machines.
  我们要在这儿装这么多东西，煤气灶和洗涤机放在哪里呢？
• He lolls around in an armchair; his wife does the washing-up.
  他懒洋洋地坐在扶手椅上；而他妻子则在洗碗碟。
• You're lucky that they let you off all washing-up.
  你真幸运，他们免除了让你洗那些碗碟的苦差事。
• Whose turn is it to do the washing-up? someone who cleanses by scouring.
  轮到谁刷锅洗碗了？冲刷洗涤来清洁的人。