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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
air (out) clothes
Is this understanding correct?
1. air clothes - BrE
2. air out clothes - AmE
(I hung my pants outside to air (out).)
Thank you.
1. air clothes - BrE
2. air out clothes - AmE
(I hung my pants outside to air (out).)
Thank you.
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Hi, Is this understanding correct? I wonder if you have the wrong expression? 'To air' sounds like you hang something outside to freshen it up, to get rid of stale odours.
- Hi, Is this understanding correct?
- I wonder if you have the wrong expression?
- 'To air' sounds like you hang something outside to freshen it up, to get rid of stale odours.
- I'd say people rarely do this.
- Perhaps you are thinking about laundry?
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Hi,
Is this understanding correct? I wonder if you have the wrong expression? 'To air' sounds like you hang something outside to freshen it up, to get rid of stale odours. I'd say people rarely do this.
Perhaps you are thinking about laundry? When people do the laundry, in the summer they sometimes hang the clothes outside to
Is this understanding correct? I wonder if you have the wrong expression? 'To air' sounds like you hang something outside to freshen it up, to get rid of stale odours. I'd say people rarely do this.
Perhaps you are thinking about laundry? When people do the laundry, in the summer they sometimes hang the clothes outside to
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An example for you:
I opened the window and the door to air the room.
I opened the window and the door to air the room.
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I have heard the phrase, but 'to dry' is more common. You might also hang things out to air if they have been in storage and need to freshen up before you use them, i.e. winter blankets.
In the UK most houses have an 'airing cupboard' which is where the hot water tank is and there are usually shelves for putting clothes and things up to air. It is where people often store their towels an
In the UK most houses have an 'airing cupboard' which is where the hot water tank is and there are usually shelves for putting clothes and things up to air. It is where people often store their towels an
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Thank you very much, everybody.
From Longman Dic. of Contemporary Eng.: 4 CLOTHES especially BrE; air (sth) out AmE to put a piece of clothing in a place that is warm or has a lot of air, so that it smells clean: I've left my sweater outside to air.
From Longman Dic. of Contemporary Eng.: 4 CLOTHES especially BrE; air (sth) out AmE to put a piece of clothing in a place that is warm or has a lot of air, so that it smells clean: I've left my sweater outside to air.
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