washes

Outside the house, she could hear the gentle wash of the waves on the beach.

在公寓房间外面，她可以听到海浪冲刷沙滩发出的轻柔声响。

a blue wash/ a wash of blue

一层蓝漆

If pollution controls are enforced here, the factories will move to where they're allowed to pollute, so it'll be a wash as far as clear air goes.

假如这里要施行控制污染的措施，那些工厂就会搬到允许污染的地方。因此就空气的清洁而言，这一举措说不上好或坏。

wash your hair/hands

洗你的头／手

Overnight the waves had washed up a lot of rubbish.

一夜之间海水将大量垃圾冲上了岸。