单词 | washboard |
释义 | washboard —washboardy, adj. /wosh"bawrd', -bohrd', wawsh"-/, n. 1. a rectangular board or frame, typically with a corrugated metallic surface, on which clothes are rubbed in the process of washing. 2. a baseboard around the walls of a room. 3. Also called splashboard. Naut. a. a thin, broad plank fastened to and projecting above the gunwale or side of a boat to keep out the spray and sea. b. a similar board on the sill of a port. adj. 4. resembling a washboard in being rough and bumpy: a washboard roadbed. [1735-45; WASH + BOARD] |
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