wash out

洗い落とす

洗うことで、物についたしみや物質を取り除く。

やさしい英語で： To remove a mark or substance from something by washing it.

• I washed out the stain.
• Can you wash this paint out of my shirt?
• Hot water washed most of the dye out.

使い方： wash something out of something (She washed the mud out of her skirt.)

類義語： wash away, remove

よく使う表現： wash out a stain, wash out something

中を洗う、すすぐ

容器の中を水で洗ってきれいにする。

やさしい英語で： To clean the inside of a container with water.

• Wash out the empty jar.
• I washed the bucket out with hot water.
• Have you washed out your water bottle?

使い方： wash something out (Wash the jug out before you refill it.)

類義語： rinse out, clean out

よく使う表現： wash out a bottle, wash out something

洗うと落ちる

しみや物質が、洗うと取れてなくなる。

やさしい英語で： If a mark or substance disappears when something is washed, it is removed by the water.

• This ink washes out.
• The stain washed out after two washes.
• Will the red dye wash out of my hair?

類義語： come out

よく使う表現： wash out easily, wash out completely

雨で中止にする

悪天候、特に雨で屋外の行事を中止にする。

やさしい英語で： If bad weather prevents an outdoor event from happening, the weather causes it to be cancelled.

• Rain washed out the match.
• Our picnic was washed out on Sunday.
• Will tomorrow’s game be washed out too?

使い方： be washed out (The match was washed out by heavy rain.)

類義語： rain off, cancel

よく使う表現： wash out a match, wash out the picnic

押し流す、浸食する

流れる水が土を押し流したり、物を傷めたりする。

やさしい英語で： To carry away soil or damage something as water flows over it.

• The flood washed out the road.
• Heavy rain has washed out part of the riverbank.
• The bridge was washed out during the storm.

使い方： wash something out (Floodwater washed the road out overnight.)

類義語： wash away, erode

よく使う表現： wash out a road, wash out the bridge

見えにくくする、かき消す

強すぎる光や音で、細部を見えにくくしたり聞こえにくくしたりする。

やさしい英語で： To make details hard to see or hear because light or sound is too strong.

• Sunlight washes out the screen.
• The camera flash washed out her face in the photograph.
• Loud music washed out the quieter voices in the recording.

使い方： wash something out (The bright light washed the colours out.)

類義語： obscure, overpower

よく使う表現： wash out colours, wash out the image