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verb + wish-wash
wish-wash 通常用作不可数名词。
He served us nothing but wish-wash.
他只给我们喝淡而无味的饮料。
淡而无味的饮料
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淡而无味的饮料
any thin watery drink
He served us nothing but wish-wash.
他只给我们喝淡而无味的饮料。
缺乏价值、实质、原创性或意义的谈话、音乐、艺术或想法；废话
Talk, music, or art, or ideas that lack any value, substance, originality, or meaning; dreck.
液体晃动的声音
The sound of liquid sloshing
The party served nothing but wish-wash that nobody wanted to drink.
聚会上只供应了没人想喝的淡而无味的饮料。
His speech was full of wish-wash and lacked any real substance.
他的演讲尽是些无聊话，缺乏任何实质内容。
I can't believe I paid for this wish-wash; it tastes like plain water.
我简直不敢相信我为这种淡而无味的饮料付了钱；喝起来就像白水一样。
wish-wash 通常用作不可数名词。
He served us nothing but wish-wash.
他只给我们喝淡而无味的饮料。
This thin wish-wash is barely drinkable.
这种稀薄的淡饮料几乎不能喝。
表示‘无聊话’时，常与 of 连用。
The speech was a wish-wash of clichés.
那篇演讲都是陈词滥调的无聊话。
Not this
This drink is a wish-wash.
Use this
This drink is wish-wash.
wish-wash 是不可数名词，不能加冠词 'a'。
Not this
He is a wish-wash person.
Use this
He is a wishy-washy person.
表示 '优柔寡断的' 应用形容词 wishy-washy，而非名词 wish-wash。
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不可数名词，指淡而无味的饮料或无聊话
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