| 单词 | washy |
| 例句 | Through a tunnel of washy sounds, I hover just above his arms, floating on a current above this chaos. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The green stuff thins down to just kind of washy. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Erin Stead’s illustrations are a pleasure in themselves, spacious, sad, washy — her animals drawn with a graceful cross-hatched intelligence that seems close to the best of Wyeth. A Mark Twain Tale, Brought Back From the Dead 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Wishy washy hippie culture was never about strong, straightforward actualized women or protecting children who weren't ready to be objectified as "goddesses". The Real Burning Man 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z The sheets I looked at longest are Cézanne’s plein-air watercolors of rock faces in southern France, washy and open, nearly unrecognizable as geological formations. The Cézanne We’ve Forgotten How to See 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z Then a young senator from Illinois, Mr. Obama stands before a washy background of blue-and-gray stripes, but Ms. Peyton’s adoring, soft-hued portrait appears shatteringly sad now that the promise so many saw has been annulled. Politics and Commerce Collide at Art Basel Miami Beach 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z I had to take a softer tone and risk, potentially in the eyes of some people, seeming a bit soft or a bit non-committal and a bit wishy washy. "Great British Bake Off" veteran Ruby Tandoh: "I see the show and I feel a pressure from it" 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Beneath her, energetically sketched in a washy palette of ocher and green, lies the harbor of Palermo, and in the background is Monte Pellegrino, the hill where her relics were found. The Saint Who Stopped an Epidemic Is on Lockdown at the Met 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z She initially deployed it almost like watercolor, setting down layer upon layer of washy pigment to build up dreamy images of black figures commingling with birds, flowers and hearts. An Artist Who Makes Paintings Without a Canvas 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z That said, it’d sure be nice if the retailers weren’t quite so wishy washy about removing a symbol that is hateful, offensive and in certain instances legitimately menacing. After Charleston, Walmart dumps the Confederate flag: Can they stop selling guns next? 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z At first they suggest a calculated, even desperate combination of received ideas, namely the washy stained colors of Helen Frankenthaler and the early 1970s neon wall pieces of the sculptor Keith Sonnier. Art In Review: MARY WEATHERFORD: ‘Manhattan’ 2012-09-13T21:02:04Z Finally, just as she gives some of her sculptures a finishing grace note of paint, she covers some of the photographs with curtains of washy color, which, in the circumstances, looks toxic rather than beautifying. Art Review: 1 Artist, 2 Shows, 2 Mediums, 1 Vision 2010-12-18T00:15:16Z The latest, “Light’s New Measure,” a survey at the Guggenheim of Adnan’s paintings, tapestries, and accordion booklets of handwritten poetry punctuated by washy gouaches since the 1960s, arrived with bittersweet timing. Etel Adnan’s Bittersweet Arrival at the Guggenheim 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z To obtain the effect of “frizz,” Beaux has used a very thin, washy undercoat that leaves parts of the weave of the canvas exposed. Perspective | In Chicago, a bravura portrait of sisterly harmony and frizzy hair “I am sorry, but there will be no further communication unless you fix the public perception of wishy washy support and interest from PIF,” he wrote. Elon Musk privately raged at Saudi officials over his failed plan to take Tesla private 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z “They don’t want there to be a definition of intellectual disability. They want it to be all wishy washy,” said Backers, co-chair of the California District Attorneys Assn. capital litigation committee. California lawmakers expand ban on death penalty for those with intellectual disabilities 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z He described his American replacements as “very noncommittal and wishy washy.” U.S. farmers scramble for help as COVID-19 scuttles immigrant workforce 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z The last thing passionate New York sports fans are is wishy washy. The one thing Mets and Yankees fans can agree on is that this guy sucks - Golf Digest 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z The resulting print, custom rendered on leather, was based on an artwork Langdon loved with a feminine, dreamy, washy watercolor feel. Found out why an L.A. shoe designer has been obsessed with what women put on their feet 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z They questioned Heller’s principles and characterized him as “wishy washy” for voting both ways on health care. Primary complicates GOP Sen. Heller’s Nevada re-election bid 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z You call Cam Newton "wishy washy" because you do not like his position. Are You Ready for Some Football … and Riot Gear and Pepper Spray? 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Each style of cymbal has its own sound, which we describe as being “bright,” “dark,” “fast,” “washy,” “splashy,” “high ping,” “lots of spread” and a bunch more. Crash, Then Listen Carefully: Secrets of a Cymbal Master 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z And I think that it's really important, because technology is moving so fast, and I feel like values are getting lost and a little wishy washy. Talking to Santigold about the streaming economy: ‘I hope there’s a backlash' 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z And I’m traveling with a bad influence, a person who is very wishy washy about law breaking. Jenna Fischer talks 'You, Me and the Apocalypse' and watching 'The Office' on Netflix 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z “I was just flat and undefined, wishy washy, all over the plate,” Cole said. Cole not sharp early as Pirates lose 7-4 to Brewers 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z “Medicare is wishy-washy. If you happened to be prescribed meds that are covered, great. If not, it’s expensive.” Analysis of Obama's State of the Union Address 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z The continuities of historical behavior assure that a wishy washy or ham-handed approach to Russian assisted crimes against humanity will only embolden revanchist elements in Russia and future aggressors around the world. To Deter Putin, Rediscover Reagan 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan said his party had hopes for reinstatement of a clause removed by Conservatives despite 'wishy washy' assurances from his opposite number. Labour makes bid for libel law amendment in Lords 2013-04-18T16:26:08Z No carpet is satisfactory which is "washy" or faded in appearance. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z Ambition is a poor stayer with me, a washy chestnut. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z For a few days, the food should be limited in quantity, and of a washy, liquid nature. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z My Brother-in-law, who manufactured it, deserves for such vapid cookery to be named before you without reserve, as the malt-master of this washy brewage. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Swish′er, one who swishes or flogs; Swish′-swash, a swishing action or sound: a washy drink. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z The Cinnamon are of two shades, the Light Cinnamon and the Silver, which is a pale washy tint, that looks very delicate and pretty when perfectly clean. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z He also sent him, and enabled me to read, Mozley's washy "Recollections." Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z It is no compliment to give her green tea that is weak and washy. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z Now the whistle sounds for breakfast, and soon we sit at our narrow wooden tables in the afterhold, eating moist bread and terribly yellow salmon, and drinking washy tea. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z A friend and I used to laugh for hours sometimes over weak and washy stories that would hardly pass muster, even in the small hours of the morning. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z Negus, a washy warm wine-punch invented in Queen Anne’s day by Colonel Negus, was also improved by a flavoring of nutmeg. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z My brother-in-law, who manufactured it, deserves for such vapid cookery to be named before you without reserve, as the maltmaster of this washy brewage. The Campaner Thal and Other Writings 2011-04-26T02:00:29.827Z The Six Cents is much lighter and is a washy pink. History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America 2011-03-14T03:01:03.623Z The light claret your friend pronounced a very pleasant little wine at your own table, he would discover, when offered for purchase, to be poor, washy, and acrid. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z And that girl takes after her mother—a poor washy, big-eyed thing, who never knew if her soul was her own to pray for until she'd asked her husband. Vestigia Vol. II. 2011-02-04T03:00:22.950Z "No, she doesn't live—visits round with her relatives—old Irish ancestry—ruined castles and no rents—washy blue eyes and hair, at present, golden." Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z All glaziers condemn the work of the great Sir Joshua, and even most art critics agree with Horace Walpole that the painting of this large subject is “washy.” Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z Yes, I didn't quite see who it was hence the wishy washy description. Live - Europa League 2010-03-11T17:29:00Z We ended up at Rockefeller Center, in the lobby, beneath the washy mural of the muscular workers in loincloths whose eyes follow you. 2010-02-12T18:38:00Z They are recognised by the term of washy horses. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. "Washy, washy," said M'Caskey, dryly; "but I have met two or three of the same stamp who had pluck." Tony Butler "Gad love me, 'tis the washiest stuff!" he sighed. Our Admirable Betty A Romance They talk about the brain, and the spinal nerves, and the soliar plexus; but give a man a wake, washy circulation, and what is he? The Fortunes Of Glencore The Dalila clothes I had been wearing then seemed hopelessly pale, washy and conventional, so we hunted the shops of Berlin and Paris for vivid embroideries and searched museums for Syrian women. Confessions of an Opera Singer Amy really did think Mr. Wingfield was right, and had better taste than the people who thought her a poor washy, peaky thing, as she had more than once heard herself called. Sowing and Sewing A Sexagesima Story A plate of washy stuff called soup, for dinner, followed by some sloppy mashed potatoes, and sometimes green stuff; and for supper, more sloppy potatoes. On the right of the British line She was fairer, larger, smoother than her sister; but these advantages had lapsed in a general fade, which transformed her colour into washy pinkness, made her figure stoop, and her footsteps drag. The Doctor's Family They didn't see, here's a poor washy frame, with a wake circulation and no vigor. The Fortunes Of Glencore Major Roper only says this to convince himself that he might have forgotten the name—a sort of washy palliation of his Harrisson invention. Somehow Good "Washy, washy," he repeated mechanically, as his mind was utterly vague and distrait. Humour of the North For dinner we had a basin of soup, which was almost undrinkable, some thin washy stuff; occasionally we got some potatoes. On the right of the British line They varied much, both in quality and quantity, from Maggie Woodhall's fine pen-and-ink drawing to May Firth's washy little attempt at a landscape, or the short poetical quotation signed "Beatrice Wynne". The Nicest Girl in the School A Story of School Life “Grotesque idiot,” said Kenrick, laughing; “cease this weak, washy, everlasting flood of twaddle, and tell us whether you’ll come or no.” St. Winifred's, or The World of School Answ.—Because it is a slender thing of wood, That up and down its awkward arm doth sway, And coolly spout, and spout, and spout away, In one weak, washy, everlasting flood! The Book of Humorous Verse Such verse!—sentimental, washy, and "woolly" to a degree. The History of "Punch" For oh!—weak and most washy are the battles which our esteemed young friends describe! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 Some horses are predisposed to scour and are called "washy" by horsemen; they are those with long bodies, long legs, and narrow, flat sides. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Live long, for water to the head Was never known to fly, Your flabby face will not grow red, Nor will your washy eye. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 25, 1893 Come along, swamp a little boat you washy cowards, it’s only a woman and a boy. Percival Keene Joseph Prudhomme is the synthesis of bourgeois imbecility; radiant, serene, and self-satisfied; letting fall from his fat lips “one weak, washy, everlasting flood” of puerile aphorisms and inane circumlocutions. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ans. Because it is a slender thing of wood, That up and down its awkward arm doth sway, And coolly shout, and spout, and spout away, In one weak, washy, everlasting flood! The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings His later pictures, like Guido's, are fascinating in softness, delicate colouring and tender sentiment, degenerating, however, into mannerism and insipidity, while his colouring becomes at last pale and washy. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art The long, washy sound comes first when you close your left ear, so I know the water's flowing that way. Tom Slade with the Boys Over There Why, why, why will people inundate their unfortunate victims with such "weak, washy, everlasting floods?" The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) I have heard long-winded orators spout over my head in emulation of my craft, "in one weak, washy, everlasting flood." The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales I hope from the remarks I have previously made it will not be supposed that I think all criticism should be of a flat, neutral tint, or what may be called the washy p. 14order. Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses Anything unreal, merely sentimental, washy, they detect in a moment. Your Boys I suppose you drink those washy abominations that the young men of the day prefer to honest wine; what's that I hear about lemonade? Prince Fortunatus Wishy, perhaps, but from what we see of their pictures in the papers, not washy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-14 It must be added, however, that Walpole soon changed his mind, and was very severe on Sir Joshua's "washy virtues," which have been compared to "seven chambermaids." The Charm of Oxford But it is useless to expostulate with this Quarterly slime, brood of Nilus, watery heads with hearts of jelly, spawned under the sign of Aquarius, incapable of Bacchus, and therefore cold, washy, spiteful, bloodless. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 More sentiment then followed—buckets full Of washy words, not worth my memory. Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Francesca da Rimini The spring had been a wet one, the grass was washy and devoid of nutriment, and there was nothing in the outlook of an encouraging nature. Reed Anthony, Cowman A. Because it is a slender thing of wood, That up and down its awkward arm doth sway, And coolly spout, and spout, and spout away, In one weak, washy, everlasting flood. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook The Inexhaustible being produced, staring, and evidently intending a weak and washy smile shortly, no sooner beheld her, than it was stricken spasmodic and inconsolable. Our Mutual Friend You know how I hate the washy supernatural stuff they give us nowadays. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies Most, too, had inns, and there I had many a draught of cool nutty ale, for the inn at Biggleswick was a reformed place which sold nothing but washy cider. Mr. Standfast She gave me coffee—poor washy stuff, but blessedly hot. Greenmantle He seemed to be a fine upstanding manly fellow—in fact, I am bound in honesty to admit that I have never met the washy tea-party curate outside the pages of Punch. The Stark Munro Letters Why, why, WHY will people inundate their unfortunate victims with such "weak, washy, everlasting floods"? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 And hark ye, landlord, no palming off your stale, musty goods as fresh, or of your washy French wines for the true Hainault vintage. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 As far as I knew them, the chance of a gossip about their usually trivial secrets, their often very washy and paltry feelings, was a treat not to be readily foregone. Villette His color is about his worst point, as he is a light, washy chestnut, with a bald face and three white heels. Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 But the Colonel said that he must go, and he was cast in due form and replaced by a washy, bay beast, as ugly as a mule, with a ewe-neck, rat-tail, and cow-hocks. Indian Tales Although the color of the picture is rather feeble and washy, as frequently may be observed of Lippo's paintings, the whole expression is bathed in purity and piety. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics Because it is a slender thing of wood, That up and down its awkward arm doth sway, And coolly spout and spout and spout away, In one weak, washy, everlasting flood! The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes No girl will appreciate Mrs. Sales's washy paintings.' The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing Unfortunately, there are a great many people the basis of whose character consists of a washy confidence in the good intentions of everybody. Crescent and Iron Cross All human achievement must be wrought down to this spoon-meat—this mixture of other persons' washy opinions and his own flux of reverence for what is third-hand, before Hinze can find a relish for it. Impressions of Theophrastus Such Observe PUNCHINELLO'S Cartoon, in which you shall behold the editorial laundresses of New-York city having a washy time of it all around. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 09, May 28, 1870 One and all agreed that because the captain was drowned he was not to blame, a very common and washy sentiment which appealed powerfully to the majority of their readers. Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories Never mind how washy the book from a scientific point of view. Born in Exile The wines were chiefly port, sherry, and hock; claret, and even Burgundy, being then designated "poor, thin, washy stuff." Reminiscences of Captain Gronow The' didn't seem to be much harm to him; but he had washy eyes, an' he was too blame oily an' gentle. Happy Hawkins That washy drawing-room tea will give me the wind if I leave it on my stomach. O'Flaherty V.C. : a recruiting pamphlet But the Colonel said that he must go, and he was cast in due form and replaced by a washy, bay beast as ugly as a mule, with a ewe-neck, rat-tail, and cow- hocks. The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition I never hear washy talk about “changed characters” and “reformed natures” but I think of a sermon I once heard at a Wesleyan revivalist meeting in the Black Country. Novel Notes But the Colonel said that he must go, and he was cast in due form and replaced by a washy, bay beast as ugly as a mule, with a ewe-neck, rat-tail, and cow-hocks. Plain Tales from the Hills What a washy rogue art thou, to pant thus for a quarter of an hour's lying and swearing to a fine lady? The Way of the World Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed; but judgment untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel for human deglutition. Jane Eyre |
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