Washout

['wɒʃaʊt] or ['wɑʃaʊt]

解释:

(noun.) the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway); 'from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water'.

(noun.) the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water; 'it was several days after the storm before they could repair the washout and open the road'.

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解释:

(n.) The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet; also, a place, especially in the bed of a road or railroad, where the earth has been washed away.

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