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单词 washing-up
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washing-up

1. uncountable noun
To do the washing-up means to wash the plates, cups, cutlery, and pans which have been used for cooking and eating a meal.
[British]
Martha volunteered to do the washing-up.
regional note: in AM, use wash the dishes
2. uncountable noun
Washing-up is the plates, cups, cutlery, and pans which you have to wash after a meal.
[British]
...a brimming bowl of washing-up.
regional note: in AM, use dirty dishes, the dishes

washing-up in British English

noun British
1. 
the washing of dishes, cutlery, etc, after a meal
2. 
dishes and cutlery waiting to be washed up
3. 
(as modifier)
a washing-up machine

Examples of 'washing-up' in a sentence
washing-up

I'm doing the washing-up these days, so I keep it down as far as possible.
Ashford, Jeffrey A QUESTION OF PRINCIPLE (2003)
Blue for the washing-up, red for cooking, white for personal.
Dexter Petley WHITE LIES (2003)
Her mother, a small grey-haired woman with a cheerful birdlike face, was finishing off the washing-up as Eeva burst into the kitchen.
Low, Ona TO HIS JUST DESSERTS (2003)

In other languages
washing-up

British English: washing-up /ˈwɒʃɪŋʌp/ NOUN
To do the washing-up means to wash the pans, plates, cups, and cutlery which have been used in cooking and eating a meal.
I volunteered to do the washing-up.
  • American English: washing the dishes
  • Arabic: غَسِيلُ الَأطْباق
  • Brazilian Portuguese: louças para lavar
  • Chinese: 洗餐具
  • Croatian: pranje posuđa ili rublja
  • Czech: umývání nádobí
  • Danish: opvask
  • Dutch: afwas
  • European Spanish: fregar los platos
  • Finnish: tiskaus
  • French: vaisselle
  • German: Abwasch
  • Greek: λάντζα
  • Italian: lavare i piatti
  • Japanese: 食器洗い
  • Korean: 설거지
  • Norwegian: oppvask
  • Polish: zmywanie naczyń
  • European Portuguese: louça para lavar
  • Romanian: spălare de vase
  • Russian: мытье посуды
  • Latin American Spanish: lavar los platos
  • Swedish: disk använd matservis
  • Thai: การล้างจานชาม
  • Turkish: bulaşık yıkama
  • Ukrainian: миття посуду
  • Vietnamese: công việc rửa bát

Chinese translation of 'washing-up'

washing-up

(wɔʃɪŋˈʌp) (Brit)

n (u)

  1. 待洗餐具 (dài xǐ cānjù)
    美 = dirty dishes
to do the washing-up 洗餐具 (xǐ cānjù)
美 = wash the dishes

Nearby words of
washing-up

  • washing line
  • washing machine
  • washing powder
  • washing-up
  • washing-up liquid
  • washroom
  • wasn't

Related terms of
washing-up

  • washing-up liquid
  • to do the washing-up
  • wash up
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