| 单词 | cleaningup |
| 释义 | > as lemmascleaning-up f. To ‘clean’ (an aeroplane) aerodynamically, to make streamlined. Also with up. So cleaning-up n. Cf. clean adj. 13c. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > construction and servicing aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > making streamlined cleaning-up1922 fairing1927 streamlining1936 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > construction and servicing aircraft or spacecraft > construct and service aircraft or spacecraft [verb (transitive)] > make streamlined streamline1918 clean1922 fair1934 laminarize1961 1922 Flight 14 702/2 The ‘cleaning-up’ of the latest model has resulted in an astonishing gain in maximum speed. 1931 Flight 16 Jan. 61 The Short ‘Singapore’ Mark II has been cleaned up by placing the four Rolls-Royce ‘F’ engines in tandem, and by abolishing the chine struts. 1931 Flight 16 Oct. 1033/1 This new aircraft has been cleaned cleaner than any Armstrong-Whitworth aircraft we have seen. cleaning-up c. transitive. To clear (a place, etc.) of harmful or immoral influences, elements, or persons; to rid (an area) of remaining pockets of enemy resistance. So cleaning-up n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > [noun] > complete ridding of resistance mop-up1900 mopping-up1909 cleaning-up1916 clean-up1930 society > morality > virtue > purity > make pure [verb (transitive)] > remove immoral elements from to clean up1916 society > morality > virtue > purity > [noun] > moral purification > removing immoral elements cleaning-up1916 clean-up1930 society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > completely rid of resistance mop1901 to clean up1942 1916 W. A. Du Puy Uncle Sam 170 The cleaning up of the customs scandals in the port of New York was a most complicated task. 1925 C. E. Mulford Cottonwood Gulch 188 Our friend Dangerfield [the sheriff] will clean up this cursed country like a new broom. 1929 Times 15 Feb. More than 3,000 persons were arrested..by the Chicago police in a new effort to ‘clean up’ the city. 1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 May 359/1 American troops engaged in ‘cleaning up’ that distressful republic. 1942 P. Jordan Diary 29 Nov. (1943) 64 British parachutists have been dropped..at Depienne, where they are to clean up an airfield. 1943 Ann. Reg. 1942 128 After North Africa had been ‘cleaned up’, Parliament would be asked to approve a proposal that troops of the Union should serve outside Africa. 1967 G. Freeman Undergrowth of Lit. xi. 163 A political broadsheet published in California in 1966 calling for the banning of pornography had, as one of the arguments in favour of legally ‘cleaning up’ the state, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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