wash down

飲み物で流し込む

食べ物や薬を飲み込みやすくするために、飲み物を飲む。

やさしい英語で： To drink something to help food or medicine go down your throat.

• Drink water to wash it down.
• We washed down our sandwiches with cold lemonade.
• Can I wash this pill down with juice?

使い方： wash something down with something (She washed the tablet down with water.)

よく使う表現： wash down something, wash down a pill

洗い流す

表面や物全体を、普通は上から下へ水で洗ってきれいにする。

やさしい英語で： To clean a whole surface or object with water, usually from top to bottom.

• Wash down the kitchen walls.
• They washed the deck down with a hose.
• Have you washed down all the shelves?

使い方： wash something down (Wash the walls down before you paint them.)

類義語： clean, rinse

よく使う表現： wash down something, wash down the walls

水で流す

水で何かを下へ、しばしば排水口へ押し流す。

やさしい英語で： To make water carry something downward, often into a drain.

• Wash those crumbs down the drain.
• The rain washed leaves down the gutter.
• Hot water will wash the remaining dirt down the pipe.

使い方： wash something down + place (She washed the crumbs down the drain.)

類義語： flush away

よく使う表現： wash down something, wash down the drain