"dishwater" in Chinese (Simplified)
洗碗水
Definition
Dishwater 指洗完碗留下的脏水。也可以非正式地形容味道淡、无趣的饮品或食物,比如很淡的咖啡或没味道的汤。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
“Dishwater” 可以直译为洗碗水,也可用来幽默或贬义形容饮品或食物很淡、很无聊;多用于非正式语境。常见表达有 "dishwater coffee"(很淡的咖啡)。
Examples
The dishwater was cold and dirty.
**洗碗水**已经又冷又脏了。
Please don't pour the dishwater in the sink.
请不要把**洗碗水**倒进水槽。
The smell of old dishwater filled the kitchen.
陈旧的**洗碗水**味道充满了厨房。
This soup tastes like dishwater — it's so bland.
这汤喝起来像**洗碗水**,一点味道都没有。
Don’t make coffee so weak; I don’t want dishwater for breakfast!
别冲这么淡的咖啡,我可不想早餐喝**洗碗水**!
After dinner, Jamie volunteered to throw out the dishwater.
晚饭后,Jamie主动提出要倒掉**洗碗水**。