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单词 washout
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Definition of washout in English:

washout

nounˈwɒʃaʊt
  • 1informal 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
    as modifier the washout summer has hit trade
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If we'd had a more settled weekend, no doubt the numbers would have been higher, but we certainly didn't have a washout.
    • After a washout on Wednesday, the queue down Church Road was encouragingly huge and inside the All England Club players were hurrying to the practice courts.
    • The Hack and I recently took an overnight trip to the Grampians which ended up being a washout.
    • But the rain came down again, leading to two further washouts, and the players christened the game the Match that Refused to Die.
    • Yesterday was a bit of a washout - it rained on and off most of the day so I spent my time in museums.
    • And the odds are stacked in favour of a washout next week, too.
    • Norths and Easts were forced to endure their second washout in three weeks and will be keen to get some game time in coming weeks.
    • The washout heightened expectations for the five-match series against the world's top-ranked teams starting at Wellington tomorrow.
    • The Glenpark side are one of several teams whose campaign has thus far been blighted by a total washout.
    • The only thing that was a washout was the Torchlight Procession planned for Sunday evening, which had to be cancelled because of the weather.
    • The vagaries of the British weather render many summer song spectaculars a washout.
    • After all, there are no guarantees that a summer wedding in the middle of June won't be a washout.
    • But those hopes were scuppered by Friday's torrential rain which also made Saturday a total washout, and even prevented any play until after lunch yesterday.
    • But now, after four wins and a washout in their last five games, they have climbed from seventh to fifth, and have overtaken England in the process.
    • We then went on to Sri Lanka where the one-day part of the tour was virtually a washout and it meant I played very little cricket at all.
    • Through no fault of the organisers, last year's River Festival was a total washout, with torrential rain and flooding.
    • But far from being a washout, the fun continued with revellers and entertainers singing and dancing in the rain.
    • We didn't lose a single Test, and but for two terrible washouts we might have won 6-0.
    1. 1.1 A disappointing failure.
      the film was branded a colossal washout
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But when it comes to human relations, he's a washout.
      • Fortunately, the duo's shining moments - even if they occasionally seem accidental - emerge with just enough frequency to justify the prudent skipping of the album's outright washouts.
      • This series will be neither a washout nor a classic - about as good as the last one.
      • But he suffered several injuries, and his year was a washout.
      • Last season was a washout because of injuries (right hand and thumb).
      • There will be a day when some nice fish are caught, but the next day, in the same place, it will be a near washout.
      • The spring rolls are actually pretty good, but the tamarind dipping sauce is a washout.
      • I was able to get a lot of reading done last week because television, outside the final episode of The Sopranos, was a washout.
      • New Years was a bit if a washout, which was a bit of a shame.
      • The truth is, when it comes to high school draft picks, there are many more successes than washouts.
      • What others might call a washout was exactly what she wanted.
      • To prospective employers, let me say that I'd be willing to fail for a fraction of the cost of other corporate washouts.
      • I wouldn't say that the band is actually a washout, or even really that bad, but listening to all of their best hits back-to-back makes you realize just how little they experimented with their sound.
      • He may be charming but he is willful, thoroughly spoiled and a washout in politics.
      • The first trip was a real washout with the river actually being in the farmers' field in most places.
      Synonyms
      failure, disappointment, let-down, loser, non-achiever, ne'er-do-well
      fiasco, setback, blow, misfortune, disaster, catastrophe, mess, debacle, damp squib
      informal flop, dud, non-starter, no-hoper, lead balloon, fail
      North American clinker
  • 2A breach in a road or railway track caused by flooding.

    chores like repairing washouts in the gravel access road
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The railway went through some of Australia's most desolate and flood prone country, often suffering washouts with passengers marooned for several days.
    • There were washouts, hairpin turns, all kinds of logistical problems, food problems, and fuel problems, but it was a great adventure.
    • It was conceivable the washout could have occurred only an hour before the boys drove down the track.
    • There were three days of waiting at Port Augusta due to a washout further up the line.
    • So far this year, we've gotten the construction completed on the Weiskopf layout before the rains hit, but there's been a few washouts.
    • Especially if you're a hiker, for whom the after effects of the resultant washouts, debris flows, landslides and more mean that this summer's range of destinations won't be quite the same.
    • Freezing temperatures, blowing snow, landslides and washouts all keep the maintenance of way crews busy on the pass.
    • The railway was plagued early on by frequent landslides and washouts, especially during the severe rainy season of 1979.
    • You also want to be sure you don't set up your trailer and the generator in an area that might be subject to washouts or runoff from a slope.
    • The result is an oxymoron: a mountainous minimalist design, where ridge lines tumbling off mountain flanks are carried through as fairway contours and washouts serve as hazards and even bunkers.
    • There were burned trees felled along the way and six foot deep washouts.
    • The washout was caused by heavy rains on Thursday but did not become apparent until the Des Moines track started to dry out on Friday afternoon.
    • It can wheel through thick mud and washouts without getting stuck and without leaving behind big ruts.
    • What had actually happened was that she had encountered an unseen, unmarked washout across the road more than three feet wide.
    • This is the Dairy State, after all, and milk is money; washouts, deep mud, and other excuses for missing the daily udder-to-market runs are unacceptable to farmfolk.
    1. 2.1Geology A channel cut into a sedimentary deposit by rushing water and filled with younger material.
  • 3Medicine
    The removal of material or a substance from the body or a part of it, especially by washing with a fluid.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Two developed postoperative infection one of which required bilateral antral washout, the other settled with medical treatment.
    • The severity of this interaction necessitates a five-week washout when switching a patient from fluoxetine to an MAOI to allow complete elimination of the fluoxetine.
    • She returned to the operating room 5 times for washouts of her open abdomen within the first week after admission.
    • Arthroscopic debridement and washout has a role as a temporising procedure in early osteoarthritis associated with mechanical symptoms.
    • The abdomen was left open to allow for additional debridements and washouts of necrotizing fasciitis of the abdominal wall.
 
 

Definition of washout in US English:

washout

noun
  • 1informal 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
    Example sentencesExamples
    • After all, there are no guarantees that a summer wedding in the middle of June won't be a washout.
    • The only thing that was a washout was the Torchlight Procession planned for Sunday evening, which had to be cancelled because of the weather.
    • After a washout on Wednesday, the queue down Church Road was encouragingly huge and inside the All England Club players were hurrying to the practice courts.
    • If we'd had a more settled weekend, no doubt the numbers would have been higher, but we certainly didn't have a washout.
    • But now, after four wins and a washout in their last five games, they have climbed from seventh to fifth, and have overtaken England in the process.
    • Through no fault of the organisers, last year's River Festival was a total washout, with torrential rain and flooding.
    • We didn't lose a single Test, and but for two terrible washouts we might have won 6-0.
    • But far from being a washout, the fun continued with revellers and entertainers singing and dancing in the rain.
    • But the rain came down again, leading to two further washouts, and the players christened the game the Match that Refused to Die.
    • The washout heightened expectations for the five-match series against the world's top-ranked teams starting at Wellington tomorrow.
    • The Hack and I recently took an overnight trip to the Grampians which ended up being a washout.
    • The Glenpark side are one of several teams whose campaign has thus far been blighted by a total washout.
    • We then went on to Sri Lanka where the one-day part of the tour was virtually a washout and it meant I played very little cricket at all.
    • And the odds are stacked in favour of a washout next week, too.
    • But those hopes were scuppered by Friday's torrential rain which also made Saturday a total washout, and even prevented any play until after lunch yesterday.
    • The vagaries of the British weather render many summer song spectaculars a washout.
    • Yesterday was a bit of a washout - it rained on and off most of the day so I spent my time in museums.
    • Norths and Easts were forced to endure their second washout in three weeks and will be keen to get some game time in coming weeks.
    1. 1.1 A disappointing failure.
      the film was a washout
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This series will be neither a washout nor a classic - about as good as the last one.
      • To prospective employers, let me say that I'd be willing to fail for a fraction of the cost of other corporate washouts.
      • The spring rolls are actually pretty good, but the tamarind dipping sauce is a washout.
      • I wouldn't say that the band is actually a washout, or even really that bad, but listening to all of their best hits back-to-back makes you realize just how little they experimented with their sound.
      • The first trip was a real washout with the river actually being in the farmers' field in most places.
      • The truth is, when it comes to high school draft picks, there are many more successes than washouts.
      • New Years was a bit if a washout, which was a bit of a shame.
      • Last season was a washout because of injuries (right hand and thumb).
      • I was able to get a lot of reading done last week because television, outside the final episode of The Sopranos, was a washout.
      • He may be charming but he is willful, thoroughly spoiled and a washout in politics.
      • But when it comes to human relations, he's a washout.
      • Fortunately, the duo's shining moments - even if they occasionally seem accidental - emerge with just enough frequency to justify the prudent skipping of the album's outright washouts.
      • What others might call a washout was exactly what she wanted.
      • But he suffered several injuries, and his year was a washout.
      • There will be a day when some nice fish are caught, but the next day, in the same place, it will be a near washout.
      Synonyms
      failure, disappointment, let-down, loser, non-achiever, ne'er-do-well
  • 2A breach in a road or railroad track caused by flooding.

    chores like repairing washouts in the gravel access road
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Especially if you're a hiker, for whom the after effects of the resultant washouts, debris flows, landslides and more mean that this summer's range of destinations won't be quite the same.
    • There were three days of waiting at Port Augusta due to a washout further up the line.
    • You also want to be sure you don't set up your trailer and the generator in an area that might be subject to washouts or runoff from a slope.
    • There were burned trees felled along the way and six foot deep washouts.
    • Freezing temperatures, blowing snow, landslides and washouts all keep the maintenance of way crews busy on the pass.
    • The railway was plagued early on by frequent landslides and washouts, especially during the severe rainy season of 1979.
    • The railway went through some of Australia's most desolate and flood prone country, often suffering washouts with passengers marooned for several days.
    • This is the Dairy State, after all, and milk is money; washouts, deep mud, and other excuses for missing the daily udder-to-market runs are unacceptable to farmfolk.
    • It can wheel through thick mud and washouts without getting stuck and without leaving behind big ruts.
    • The result is an oxymoron: a mountainous minimalist design, where ridge lines tumbling off mountain flanks are carried through as fairway contours and washouts serve as hazards and even bunkers.
    • It was conceivable the washout could have occurred only an hour before the boys drove down the track.
    • What had actually happened was that she had encountered an unseen, unmarked washout across the road more than three feet wide.
    • So far this year, we've gotten the construction completed on the Weiskopf layout before the rains hit, but there's been a few washouts.
    • There were washouts, hairpin turns, all kinds of logistical problems, food problems, and fuel problems, but it was a great adventure.
    • The washout was caused by heavy rains on Thursday but did not become apparent until the Des Moines track started to dry out on Friday afternoon.
    1. 2.1Geology A channel cut into a sedimentary deposit by rushing water and filled with younger material.
  • 3Medicine
    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.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Arthroscopic debridement and washout has a role as a temporising procedure in early osteoarthritis associated with mechanical symptoms.
    • The severity of this interaction necessitates a five-week washout when switching a patient from fluoxetine to an MAOI to allow complete elimination of the fluoxetine.
    • The abdomen was left open to allow for additional debridements and washouts of necrotizing fasciitis of the abdominal wall.
    • She returned to the operating room 5 times for washouts of her open abdomen within the first week after admission.
    • Two developed postoperative infection one of which required bilateral antral washout, the other settled with medical treatment.
 
 
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