| 单词 |
wash-work |
| 释义 |
wash-work [f. wash n. or v.] †1. to make wash-work with: app. ‘to make short work of’. Cf. the phrase under wash-way 1 b, of which this appears to be an altered form.
1637J. Williams Holy Table 159 And if this Leader should chance to be overcome,..we shall make wash-work with the rest of his followers. 2. Used for wash-drawing.
1893A. Beardsley Let. c 15 Feb. (1970) 44 Nobody gave me credit for caricature and wash-work, but I have blossomed out into both styles. 1900Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Nov. 1/3 Mr. Frank Craig..is scarcely behind Mr. Hatherell in his excellent wash-work. |
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