2the dishesDFUall the plates, cups, bowls etc that have been used to eat a meal and need to be washed 待洗的餐具
do/wash the dishes
I’ll just do the dishes before we go.
我把碗洗好我们就走。
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In everyday English, people often use the expression do the washing-up (BrE) or do the dishes (AmE), rather than wash the dishes. 在日常英语中,人们常说 do the washing-up【英】,或 do the dishes【美】,而不说 wash the dishes。
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do/wash the dishes• The man will more often take out the garbage, wash the dishes, and do other chores around the house.• Deborah and I washed the dishes, then sat beside each other at the kitchen table, our legs almost touching.• I washed the dishes and took a Brillo pad to the stove.• Such a performanceensures she need never do the dishes.• No, we never wash the dishes until morning.• Afterwards, she helped Penelope wash the dishes, commenting that she had been a dishwasher also at one time.• Our task will be to wash the dishes later and I warn you there will be plenty.• They're more prepared to do the dishes or change nappies.• She even let the school-leavers who washed the dishes and cleared the tables look straight into her eyes.
1TALK TO somebody[intransitiveI, transitiveT] informal to give a lot of information about something or someone, especially something that would usually be secret or private 揭(…的)隐私,说(…的)闲话
dish on
She’s ready to dish on boys, beauty, and break-ups in her new column.
她准备在新开的栏目里大谈有关男人、美容和感情破裂方面的事。
dish the dirt (=tell people shocking things about someone’s private life) 揭隐私
2dish something ↔ outphrasal verbphr v
a)to give something to various people in a careless way 〔随意地〕分发,提供
c)somebody can dish it out but they can’t take it used to say that someone often criticizes other people, but does not like being criticized 某人很会批评别人,但自己却不能接受批评
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dish out• And my granda clearly loved dishing it out.• He was good at dishing it out.• I have been dishing it out for a number of years, and now it is my turn to take it.• He keeps his liquor just on the other side of the room, but catch him actually dishing it out himself.• Duck and andouille sausagegumbo was another dish that evolved out of the early Creole and Cajunkitchens of Louisiana.• Jewelledcups, their preciousstonesglinting in the sunlight, and silverdishes were laid out on handsomechests and cabinets.• You can dish them out to visiting dignitaries at the end of a state visit.• None of that circus water Loretta dished us out when the chumps were buying.
3dish something ↔ upphrasal verbphr vDFto put food for a meal into dishes, ready to be eaten 把〔食物〕盛到盘里〔准备让人食用〕
Could you dish up the vegetables?
请你把蔬菜盛到盘子里,好吗?
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dish up• Risa... get these dishes cleaned up.• He stretched and got up, then trotted over to his water dish and slurped up a great guzzlingmouthful.• The last of the dishes were put up, and supper was in the oven.• Now their dishes make up in imagination and taste what they lack in meat.• She was wiping a crust of bread round the inside of her dish to catch up the last drops of broth.• A local pub has installed a satellitedish to pick upU.
dish the dirt• They're the ones who'd love to dish the dirt.• This made Fearnley very defensive about his own business, and usually happy to dish the dirt about his aggressive competitor.• I dish the dirt for half an hour and then leave him.• He is often hired to inform Fleet Street about client views or, less charitably, to dish the dirt on opponents.