cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water;
"Wash the towels, please!"
convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones
例句
用作动词 (v.)
Detergent powders will however,launder less efficiently at the boil,a use for which they are not intended. 沸水可降低洗衣粉的洗涤效果,且洗衣粉无此用法。
North Korea's already limping economy is suffering too, as banks that once helped launder money for the communist state, for example in Macau, have frozen its accounts. 朝鲜已然疲软的经济也正受此影响,因为曾经帮朝鲜政府洗黑钱的那些银行,比如澳门的银行,已经冻结了该国的账户。
经典引文
This hard wearing fabric, which launders perfectly.