launder /ˈlɔːndə/ ( laundering, laundered, launders )

• 1. 

  V-T To launder money that has been obtained illegally means to process it through a legitimate business or to send it abroad to a foreign bank, so that when it comes back nobody knows that it was illegally obtained. 洗 (钱)

  例：

  The House voted today to crack down on banks that launder drug money.

  下议院今天投票打击为贩毒洗钱的银行。

• 2. 

  launderer N-COUNT 洗钱者

  例：

  ...a businessman and self-described money launderer.

  …一位自称洗钱者的商人。

• 3. 

  V-T When you launder clothes, sheets, and towels, you wash and iron them. 洗熨 [正式]

  例：

  How many guests who expect clean towels every day in an hotel launder their own every day at home?

  旅店里希望每天有干净毛巾的客人中，有多少人每天在家洗自己的毛巾呢？