washout

英 [ˈwɒʃaʊt]

美 [ˈwɑːʃaʊt]

n.  因雨取消的事; 彻底失败的事情

复数：washouts　

BNC.28992

牛津词典

noun

• 因雨取消的事；彻底失败的事情
  an event, etc. that is a complete failure, especially because of rain

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 彻底失败;大败
  If an event or plan is awashout, it fails completely.
  1. The mission was a washout.
     这个任务彻底失败了。

英英释义

noun

• someone who is unsuccessful
  Synonym:flopdud
• the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
  1. from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water
  Synonym:wash
• the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water
  1. it was several days after the storm before they could repair the washout and open the road

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