wash one's hands

短语

洗手, 解手

发音

UK /ˌwɒʃ wʌnz ˈhæn(d)z/
AU
US /ˌwɔʃ wʌnz ˈhæn(d)z/
AU
UK /ˌwɒʃ wʌnz ˈhæn(d)z‿əv/
US /ˌwɔʃ wʌnz ˈhæn(d)z‿əv/

词形变化

washed one's hands washes one's hands 三单 washes one's hands washing one's hands washing one's hands 现在分词 washed one's hands 过去式 washed one's hands 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wash, one's, hands.

    Be sure to wash your hands before preparing food.

  2. 2.

    To go to the toilet.

    委婉
  3. 3.

    To absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame for; to refuse to have any further involvement with.

    金盆洗手

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词汇关系

动词

上位词 2

free absolve

词源

The figurative sense comes from the account in Matthew 27:24 of the Bible in which Pontius Pilate, unwilling to condemn Jesus who has committed no crime but whose crucifixion the crowd has called for, symbolically washes his hands in public and says (according to the King James Version; spelling modernized): “I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.” Another literal and figurative usage of the expression can be traced to Deuteronomy 21:6 where the elders of Israel are commanded to "wash their hands" as part of a ceremonial absolution ritual initiated upon the discovery of a corpse outside the jurisdiction of any city.

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