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washout
- IPA[ˈwôSHˌout]
美式
- an event or period that is spoiled by constant or heavy rain;a disappointing failure
noun: washout, plural noun: washouts
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. informal an event or period that is spoiled by constant or heavy rain last summer was a bit of a washout here what had looked in the gray morning to be a washout turned into a great day
- ▪ a disappointing failure the film was a washout
- 2. a breach in a road or railroad track caused by flooding chores like repairing washouts in the gravel access road
- ▪ a channel cut into a sedimentary deposit by rushing water and filled with younger material.
- 3. the removal of material or a substance from the body or a part of it, either by washing with a fluid, or by allowing it to be eliminated over a period.
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- IPA[ˈwɒʃaʊt]
英式
- an event or period that is spoiled by constant or heavy rain: last summer was a bit of a washout here what had looked in the grey morning to be a washout turned into a great day
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