washout
/wosh-out, wawsh-/US // ˈwɒʃˌaʊt, ˈwɔʃ- //
冲刷,冲出,冲洗,冲出重围
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n.名词 noun
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- : a washing out of earth, gravel, etc., by water, as from an embankment or a roadway by heavy rain or by a flash flood.
- : the hole, break, or erosion produced by such a washing out.
- : Also wash-out .Aeronautics. a warp in an airfoil that gives a decrease in the angle of attack toward the tip.Compare washin.
- : rainout.
- : Informal. an utter failure.
- : Informal. a person who has failed a course of training or study: air force washouts.
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Examples
His second was a washout because of the coronavirus pandemic.
On Wednesday's Late Show With David Letterman, Tom Brokaw dismissed Snowden as "a high school dropout who is a military washout."
When the washout bowl was introduced it was considered perfection.
He hurried down the track west of a curve which was a few hundred feet beyond the washout, and saw the train coming at full speed.
One day as they lay in a washout, Wolf-Voice pointed to columns of dust far to the south.
Right here there was a small washout in 84 the road, and Bob overlooked it.
It was a mile or more to the washout in the road, but the excitement made him keen for the test.
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