launder

动词 launder:

1. cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
   同义词：wash
2. convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones

1. The gang launder the steal money through their chain of restaurant.
   这帮匪徒通过他们的连锁饭店洗赃款。
2. A woman employed to launder clothes or linens.
   洗衣女工雇来清洗衣服或亚麻制品的妇女

laun.der

v.（动词）
laun.dered,laun.der.ing,laun.ders
v.tr.（及物动词）

To wash (clothes, for example).
洗涤，（如衣物）
To wash, fold, and iron:
洗熨：洗涤、折叠并烫熨：
例句：
shirts that were neatly laundered by the hotel staff.
被旅馆服务人员洗烫得很整洁的衬衣

To disguise the source or nature of (illegal funds, for example) by channeling through an intermediate agent.
洗钱：通过中间代理人的渠道来隐藏（如非法资金的）来源或性质
To make more acceptable or presentable, sanitize:
使变得更易于接受或中看，使净化：
例句：
.The transcripts are, of course, laundered . . . unidentified larger chunks of conversation are reported missing throughout.(Eliot Fremont-Smith)
.录音带当然已被做过手脚…谈话中很多部分都不见了.(艾略特·弗里蒙特—史密斯)

v.intr.（不及物动词）
To undergo washing in a specified way:
洗：用某种特定方式洗涤：
例句：
This material launders well.
这衣料很耐洗

To wash or prepare laundry.
洗衣物或作洗涤前的准备
n.（名词）
A trough or flume used in washing ore.
槽洗机：洗矿用的水槽或流槽

来源：
From Middle English launder, lavender [launderer]
源自 中古英语 launder, lavender [洗衣者]
from Old French lavandier
源自 古法语 lavandier
from Vulgar Latin *lavand3rius
源自 俗拉丁语 *lavand3rius
from Latin lavand3ria [things to be washed]
源自 拉丁语 lavand3ria [被洗的东西]
from lavanda [neuter pl. gerundive of] lav3re [to wash] * see lave
源自 lavanda [] lav3re的中性复数动形词 [洗] *参见 lave

【引伸】
laun.derer
n.（名词）