English Dictionary

awash

IPA（発音記号）

/əˈwɒʃ/

形容詞

広義

Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water.

日本語の意味

（岩や海岸の細い地形、錨などが）波や潮により水に洗われ、海水に覆われた状態。 / 海水の影響下にあり、波がその上を打つほどに水に浸っている状態。

The crew steered the dinghy carefully around the small, awash ledge that lay just beneath the waves.

乗組員たちは、波に洗われて水面近くにある小さな岩棚の周りを注意深くディンギーで回避した。

意味（1）

Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water.

The former rock is awash at low water […]

意味（2）

(by extension) Covered, overspread (with or in something).

Tonight, his mind was awash with visions:

more awash （ comparative ）

most awash （ superlative ）