hash

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hash1 /hæʃ/ noun

1 make a hash of something informalDO BADLY to do something very badly 把某事弄糟

I made a real hash of my exams.

我考试考得一团糟。

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make a hash of something• Such variations can make hash of attempts to say anything categorical about how people respond to alcohol.• Her prolonged absence had affected his concentration, and he'd made a hash of the signature of Percy Bysshe Shelley.• She knew she'd made a hash of the whole thing, and she'd let her tongue run away with her.• And then she's made a hash of that an'all.

2. [uncountableU] informalMDD hashish 哈希什，大麻麻醉剂

3 [countableC, uncountableU]DFF a dish made with cooked meat and potatoes 肉丁马铃薯

corned beef hash

咸牛肉烧马铃薯

4. [countableC, uncountableU] British EnglishBrE the symbol # 井号，#号

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hash• I do canned corned beef hash too.• corned-beef hash• The presents are unwrapped, the holiday turkey is hash, and the carols have all been sung.• The smell of hash is strong.• With uh, with some hash and then some tobacco.

corned beef hash• I do canned corned beef hash too.• The Rose Room still serves made-from-scratch corned beef hash and every member of the staff is still consummately professional.• My favorite was corned beef hash.

hash2 verb

1 hash something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v American EnglishAmE informal DO BADLYto discuss something very thoroughly and carefully, especially until you reach an agreement 充分讨论

The reorganization plan was hashed out September 16.

重组计划在9月16号进行了充分讨论。

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hash out• Kate sat down, hashed it out and handed it in with half an hour to spare.

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hash• The process is often also described as hashing.• On the radio, the same things get hashed and rehashed, over and over, day after day.• Company hopes to hash out an expansion agreement with venture capital groups in the next few months.• After signing a cooperation agreement May 11, the two airlines have been hashing out details.• As we hashed out the deal, people on the trading floor began to grow curious.

Origin hash1

1. (1600-1700) → HASH2

2. (1900-2000) hashish

3. (1900-2000) Probably from hatching

hash2

(1500-1600) French hacher “to cut up”, from hache; → HATCHET

hash1 nounhash2 verb

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