〈 wash.out 〉

【名詞】

1 流失, 崩潰

2 崩潰處, 侵蝕處

3 大敗; 破產

4 失敗者, 被淘汰者

5 留級生

6 飛機的減梢角

〈 1．remove by washing洗掉 〉

*Can you tell me how I can wash out these stains？你能告訴我怎樣洗掉這些污蹟嗎？

*This stain didn't wash out．這個污蹟洗不掉。

2．demolish by the action of water 衝掉；衝毀

*The embankment was washed out by the storm．路堤被暴雨衝毀了。

3．spoil by the action of rain，etc．因雨等受影響

*Bad weather has washed the game out．天氣不好影響了比賽。

*Today's football match has been washed out by a sudden downpour．今天的足球賽因突然下了一場大雨而取消了。

4．fail to qualify or continue；be eliminated被淘汰；沒有及格

*He was washed out after one semester．他讀了一個學期就被淘汰了。

5．deplete the strength or vitality of（usu．used in the passive voice）使累極；使精疲力盡（常用被動語態）

*I feel washed out；I shall stop working．我感到累極了，我將不幹了。

*She is washed out after her recent illness．最近她生了一場病，身體極其虛弱。

6．lose color；drain off color退色；因洗滌而掉色

*After the skirt had been cleaned，its bright red was washed out．這條裙子洗過以後，它那淺紅色就退掉了。