awash

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water.
    — The former rock is awash at low water […]
  2. Covered, overspread (with or in something). broadly
    — Tonight, his mind was awash with visions:

词形变化

more awash comparative most awash superlative

词汇关系

近义词
aslosh

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Hellenic *ə-
Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der.
English a-
Proto-Indo-European *wed-
Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti
Proto-Indo-European *wodsḱéti
Proto-Germanic *waskaną
Proto-West Germanic *waskan
Old English wascan
Middle English wasshen
English wash
English awash
From a- + wash.
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