wish-wash
['wiʃwɔʃ]
n. 淡的饮料, 空洞无聊的话或文章
例句与用法:
Such wishful thinking of theirs will never be realized.
他们的这种痴心妄想是永远也不会实现的。
Be wishful for sth.
想获得某物
Let's not waste a precious second on wishful thinking or useless regrets. Life really is too short.
我们不要将宝贵的时间浪费在痴心妄想或作无谓的惋惜上,生命实在是太短暂了。
词形变化:
副词: wish-fully |
名词: wishfulness |
n.
1. 淡的饮料
2. 无聊话
wish-washwish-washD.J.:[ˈwiʃwɔʃ]K.K.:[ˈwɪʃˌwɑʃ, -ˌwɔʃ]n.1.■淡的饮料,无聊话
wish-wash['wiʃwɔʃ; -wɔ:ʃ]n.1.■淡而无味的东西,淡而无味的饮料2.■空洞无聊的东西;空洞无聊的谈话
wish-washwish-wash[ˈwiʃwɔʃ]n.1.■[蔑]淡而无味的饮料; 空洞无聊的话[文字]
wish-washnoun- [mass noun](informal)a weak or watery drink
(非正式)淡而无味的饮料
one pot of wish-wash called ‘tea’.
一壶名为“茶”但淡而无味的饮料。
■insipid or excessively sentimental talk or writing
空洞无聊的话(或文章)
this isn't just emotional wish-wash.
这不是感情用事的无聊话。
语源- late 18th cent.: reduplication of wash