washboard

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A board with a corrugated surface against which laundry may be rubbed.
  2. Such a board used as a simple percussion instrument.
  3. A board fastened along a ship's gunwale to prevent splashing; a splashboard.
  4. A stretch of ripples or bumps on a dirt or gravel road caused by interaction between traffic and road surface.
    — washboard road
  5. Ellipsis of washboard abs. abbreviation,alt-of,colloquial,ellipsis
  6. Baseboard; skirting board. dated
动词 v.
  1. To produce a rippled texture on a surface.
    — Doug came up with a half-guilty smile and washboarded his forehead at her.
  2. To play a washboard.
    — It's almost as if the urge to washboard is intrinsically human.
  3. To move up and down or back and forth across the surface of a hive, possibly to lay down a layer of propolis and wax.
    — Individual bees have been observed washboarding on the inside glass of an observation hive.

词形变化

washboards plural washboards present,singular,third-person washboarding participle,present washboarded participle,past washboarded past

词源

词源 1
From wash + board.
词源 2
From wash + board.
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