rash

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rash1 /ræʃ/ adjectiveadj

CARELESSif you are rash, you do things too quickly, without thinking carefully about whether they are sensible or not 急躁的，鲁莽的，轻率的 → foolish

Please Jessie, don’t do anything rash.

求你了，杰西，不要草率行事。

Don’t go making any rash decisions about your future!

不要对你的未来贸然作决定！

It was rather rash of you to lend them your car.

你把汽车借给他们实在有欠考虑。

—rashly adverbadv

I rashly agreed to look after the children.

我没多想就答应照看那些孩子。

—rashness noun [uncountableU]

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rash• At times like this the only sensible thing to do is something rash.• But while the plans are grand, they are not necessarily rash.• Fortunately, there is nothing dogmatic or rash about Jospin.• The rash application of strong antiseptic solutions to prevent or ward off infection is another rare cause of urethritis.• a rash decision• Disputes were resolved by rash games of gambling and false threats rather than by combat.• Stay where you are and don't do anything rash -- I'll be over in five minutes.• Don't make any rash promises that you may regret later.• It would be rash to put too much into stocks right now.

rash decisions• Before making any rash decisions about your fund you should consider the following points.

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rash2 noun [countableC]

1 MIa lot of red spots on someone’s skin, caused by an illness 皮疹

She had a nasty rash on her arm.

她的胳膊上起了严重的皮疹。

come/break out in a rash (=get a rash) 起疹子

My mother comes out in a rash if she eats seafood.

我母亲一吃海鲜就起皮疹。

nnappy rash British EnglishBrE, diaper rash American EnglishAmE

Most babies get nappy rash at some stage.

大多数婴儿都会在某个阶段得尿布疹。

a heat rash (=a rash caused by heat)

痱子

2 rash of something informalLOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT a large number of unpleasant events, changes etc within a short time 大量的某事物〔指短时间内出现的令人不快的事件、变化等〕 SYN spate of something

There’s been a rash of car thefts in the city centre.

市中心盗车案频发。

Examples from the Corpus

rash of something• Emergency officials worry that the region may again be hit by a rash of wildfires this fall.• Experts are not sure what is causing the recent rash of mountain lion sightings.

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rash• Symptoms include high fever and a rash.• In the past two months there has been a rash of newspaper advertisements for unlicensed patches available by mail order.• It's good for cysts, rashes, fevers, infections, parasites, skin problems and regrowth of fins.• It made little difference if a dreadful rash despoiled both little faces.• In comparison studies, babies wearing them seem to have rash less often and less severely.• One of his powders was good for heat rash.• Lillian did not go for the powwow treatment; her rash subsided without help from either science or witchcraft.• The side effects of this drug include gastrointestinal uPset and skin rash.• He was puzzled at first; his skin was generally clear, without rashes.

come/break out in a rash• Alan broke out in a rash once, and Marc threw up after one meal.• Tell them you've come out in a rash, or something.

Origin rash1

(1300-1400) Probably from an unrecorded Old English ræsc

rash2

(1700-1800) Early French rache “small pieces of loose skin”, from Latin radere; → RAZE

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