- [uncountable]
clothes, sheets, etc. that need washing, that are being washed, or that have been washed recently 要（或正在）洗的衣物；刚洗好的衣物 a pile of clean/dirty laundry 一摞干净的／脏的衣物 a laundry basket/room 洗衣筐；洗衣间 There was a pile of clean laundry on her bed. 她床上有一堆洗干净的衣物。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clean
- dirty
- pile
- do
- wash
- fold
- …
- bag
- basket
- hamper
- …
- [uncountable, singular]
the process or the job of washing clothes, sheets, etc. 洗衣物；洗衣物的活 Extra ExamplesThe housekeeper cooks, does the laundry and cleans. 管家要做饭、洗熨衣服、打扫房子。 The hotel offers a free laundry service. 这家旅馆提供免费洗烫衣物服务。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clean
- dirty
- pile
- do
- wash
- fold
- …
- bag
- basket
- hamper
- …
- [countable]
a business or place where you send sheets, clothes, etc. to be washed 洗衣店；洗衣房 the hospital laundry 医院洗衣房 a laundry van 洗衣店货车。
Word Originearly 16th cent.: contraction of Middle English lavendry, from Old French lavanderie, from lavandier ‘person who washes linen’, based on Latin lavanda ‘things to be washed’, from lavare ‘to wash’.
Idioms
air/wash your dirty laundry/linen in public
- (disapproving)
to discuss your personal affairs in public, especially something embarrassing 公开谈论个人的事；（尤指）家丑外扬