washout 音标拼音: [w'ɑʃ
, ɑʊt]
n . 冲失,冲失的地区,破坏处所
冲失,冲失的地区,破坏处所
washout n 1 :
the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water ; "
it was several days after the storm before they could repair the washout and open the road "
2 :
the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (
as from a roadway ); "
from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water " [
synonym : {
washout },
{
wash }]
3 :
someone who is unsuccessful [
synonym : {
flop }, {
dud }, {
washout }]
Washout \
Wash "
out `\,
n .
1 .
The washing out or away of earth ,
etc .,
especially of a portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet ;
also ,
a place ,
especially in the bed of a road or railroad ,
where the earth has been washed away .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
a complete failure ; --
of an enterprise .
[
PJC ]
3 .
a person who has failed a course of study or training ,
leaving the program before its completion .
[
PJC ]
100 Moby Thesaurus words for "
washout ":
ablution ,
airmanship ,
alluvion ,
alluvium ,
also -
ran ,
bankrupt ,
bollix ,
bomb ,
botch ,
breakdown ,
breaking up ,
breakup ,
brief ,
briefing ,
bungle ,
bust ,
cataclysm ,
catastrophe ,
cave ,
cave -
in ,
cleaning out ,
collapse ,
crack -
up ,
crash ,
debacle ,
deluge ,
disaster ,
douche ,
douching ,
dud ,
dull thud ,
elution ,
elutriation ,
enema ,
engulfment ,
failure ,
false alarm ,
fiasco ,
fizzle ,
flat failure ,
flight plan ,
flood ,
flop ,
floperoo ,
flunk ,
flush ,
flushing ,
flushing out ,
flying lessons ,
foozle ,
frost ,
hash ,
inundation ,
irrigation ,
lathering ,
lavabo ,
lavage ,
lavation ,
laving ,
lemon ,
loser ,
mess ,
mopping ,
mopping up ,
muddle ,
overflow ,
overflowing ,
overrunning ,
pilot training ,
pilotship ,
rinse ,
rinsing ,
rundown ,
scouring ,
scrub ,
scrubbing ,
scrubbing up ,
shampoo ,
shipwreck ,
smash ,
smashup ,
soaping ,
spill ,
spillage ,
sponge ,
sponging ,
submersion ,
swabbing ,
the Deluge ,
the Flood ,
total loss ,
turkey ,
wash ,
washing ,
washing up ,
washup ,
whelming ,
wiping up ,
wrack ,
wreck
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