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单词 waterwashed
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waterwashedadj.

Brit. /ˈwɔːtəwɒʃt/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərˌwɔʃt/, /ˈwɑdərˌwɑʃt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., washed adj.
Etymology: < water n. + washed adj. Compare earlier water-washen adj.
Washed with or by water; swept, flushed, or inundated by flowing water.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > [adjective] > flooded
overdrowned1616
overfloweda1671
deluged1712
waterwashed1808
flooded1836
1808 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Inverness i. 30 Moors are remotely situated from water-washed gravel or sand.
1826 J. G. Whittier Exile's Departure in Poet. Wks. (1898) 521/1 The forest-crown'd hill and the water-wash'd strand.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xv. 157 Rounded fragments of water-washed greenstone.
1883 G. C. Davies Norfolk Broads ii. 13 The reed-covered water-washed bank.
1920 Boys' Life Aug. 14/3 As he sat there on the waterwashed rock this loneliness assailed him more than ever.
1952 Pop. Mech. Mar. 142/2 No compressed air is used, no waterwashed walls for overspray removal are needed.
2012 R. Stevenson Hummingbird Heart xiv. 120 Jax sat down on a huge waterwashed log.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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