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awash

/uh-wosh, uh-wawsh/US // əˈwɒʃ, əˈwɔʃ //UK // (əˈwɒʃ) //

浪费,浪费了,水流,浪费资源

Related Words

afloat浮在水面上,浮动,浮在水面上的,漂浮在空中flooded被淹没的,被淹没,被水淹没的,被水淹没inundated被淹没的,淹没,被淹没,泛滥成灾flush同花顺,冲洗,冲水,冲刷overflowing溢于言表,溢出,盎然,溢出来的brimming潋滟,洋溢着,波光粼粼,充满oversupplied供应过剩,供过于求,供大于求,供不应求

Definitions

  1. 1
    • : Nautical. just level with or scarcely above the surface of the water, so that waves break over the top.overflowing with water, as the upper deck of a ship in a heavy sea.
    • : covered with water.
    • : washing about; tossed about by the waves.
    • : covered, filled, or crowded: streets awash with shoppers; a garden awash in brilliant colors.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.wet
Synonyms
afloat浮在水面上,浮动,浮在水面上的,漂浮在空中flooded被淹没的,被淹没,被水淹没的,被水淹没inundated被淹没的,淹没,被淹没,泛滥成灾flush同花顺,冲洗,冲水,冲刷flushed红红火火,红红火火的,红润的,红红的overflowing溢于言表,溢出,盎然,溢出来的
adj.big
Synonyms
flooded被淹没的,被淹没,被水淹没的,被水淹没inundated被淹没的,淹没,被淹没,泛滥成灾brimming潋滟,洋溢着,波光粼粼,充满flush同花顺,冲洗,冲水,冲刷flushed红红火火,红红火火的,红润的,红红的overflowing溢于言表,溢出,盎然,溢出来的oversupplied供应过剩,供过于求,供大于求,供不应求

Examples

  • These ersatz social events are awash in positive vibes, but they also make deprivations of the past year stark.

  • At a moment when the world is awash in surplus natural gas, much of it from Texas wells, the state’s power-generating operators were unable to turn that gas into electricity to meet that demand.

  • The world isn’t exactly awash with “virtual humans” just yet, but the Samsung-owned venture has continued to progress.

  • Pretending isn’t something you have to do with me since I’m awash in all of your collective dirty laundry all the time.

  • From Washington state to West Virginia and from Texas to Pennsylvania, the country was awash in record or near-record case counts Thursday.

  • Men and women of good intent who simply seek “the truth” upon which to base their opinions find themselves awash in folderol.

  • But this patient was a doctor who had been treating people with Ebola in a facility awash with hyper-infective fluids.

  • It’s arguably the best film of the ‘90s—a postmodern pop culture smorgasbord awash in nihilism and dripping with retro cool.

  • Back then, every single newspaper, website, and news show (even the fake news shows) was awash in gridiron scandal.

  • The financial system is awash with money, yet the Federal Reserve accuses both consumers and institutions of hoarding it.

  • The submarine wasn't in sight, but that red ball was just awash and moving toward the shore.

  • I knew that by the look of the water, and as we neared the bank I saw it was all awash and without the vestige of an opening.

  • At Scoville temperatures like that, your brain gets totally awash in endorphins.

  • I do not speak without knowledge who have seen the land from Delhi south awash with blood.'

  • Why, a few turns of that wheel when in the awash trim would admit enough water in two minutes to sink the boat.

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