wash up phrasal verbphr v a) British EnglishBrEDHCWASH to wash plates, dishes, knives etc 洗餐具 → washing-up
b) American EnglishAmEWASH to wash your hands 洗手 Go wash up before dinner. 吃饭前先去洗手。
c) wash something ↔ upTAKE/BRING if waves wash something up, they carry it to the shore 〔波浪〕把某物冲到岸边wash something ↔ up on His body was washed up on the beach the next morning. 第二天早晨他的尸体被冲上海滩。
→ washed-up wash on• Which doesn't mean I intend to leap into bed with you just because fate washed you up on my beach.
→ wash up at wash1(PHRASAL VERB)