- 1洗衣盆、大水桶（舊時洗衣服用的大盆）；台灣人想像的是那種大塑膠盆或木盆。
A big open round container, usually made of wood, zinc or metal, that people filled with water to wash clothes in before washing machines. You knelt or stood over it, rubbed the clothes against a washboard, wrung them out by hand or through a mangle, and then poured the grey water away.
before washing machines在洗衣機發明之前, people人們 filled it with water把水裝進去 a big open round container一個開口的大圓桶, usually made of wood, zinc or galvanised metal通常是木頭、鋅或鍍鋅金屬做的, to wash clothes in用來洗衣服. You knelt or stood over it你跪著或站在旁邊, rubbed the clothes against a washboard把衣服在洗衣板上搓, wrung them out by hand or through a mangle用手或用絞衣機把水擰乾, and then poured the grey water away再把灰濁的水倒掉.
Two washtubs was normal — one for washing, one for rinsing.
Two washtubs was normal通常會有兩個洗衣盆, one for washing一個用來洗, one for rinsing一個用來清.
Like , it is mostly a historical word now: you meet it in stories about the past, in pictures of a hard Monday morning, and in the phrase describing that whole way of life.
Like washstand像washstand（洗臉台）一樣, it is mostly a historical word now這個字現在大多是歷史用詞: you meet it in stories about the past你會在講過去的故事裡看到它, in pictures of a hard Monday morning在描寫辛苦的星期一早晨的圖畫裡, and in the phrase describing that whole way of life也會在描述那整個生活方式的說法裡看到.
It does survive in a few live uses — farms and workshops still call a big general-purpose tub a washtub, people fill one with ice for drinks at a party, and an old one turned upside down with a string and a broomstick becomes a washtub bass in American folk music.
It does survive in a few live uses它還留在少數現在還在用的說法裡 — farms and workshops still call a big general-purpose tub a washtub農場和工作坊仍把一個大型多用途桶子叫washtub, people fill one with ice for drinks at a party有人會裝滿冰塊在派對上冰飲料, and an old one turned upside down with a string and a broomstick becomes a washtub bass in American folk music而把舊桶倒扣、裝上一條線和一根掃帚柄，就成了美國民謠裡的washtub bass（洗衣桶貝斯）.
Countable: a washtub, two washtubs. Also written wash tub or wash-tub in older books.
Countable可數: a washtub一個washtub, two washtubs兩個washtubs. Also written wash tub or wash-tub in older books在較舊的書裡也寫成wash tub或wash-tub.
core核心畫面
組成wash + tub. A tub is a wide, open, deep container — the same tub as in bathtub. So: the tub you wash clothes in. Wash goes all the way back through Old English wascan to an old root meaning water — the same distant root that gives us water and wet.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
washtubnoun
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A tub used for washing clothes.
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