| 单词 | to clear away |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto clear away to clear away 1. transitive. To remove, leave the place, so as to clear. absol., to remove the remains of a meal. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > clear out or away kill?c1225 purge1340 void1390 roota1398 devoida1400 rida1450 betwechec1450 redd1479 to make (clean, quick, etc.) riddance1528 expurge1542 vacuate1572 free1599 cleanse1628 rede1638 to clear out1655 dress1701 to clear away1711 to clear off1766 dissaturate1866 cancel1990 the world > food and drink > food > serving food > removal of dishes > [verb (intransitive)] > clear table to draw the boardc1330 to draw the clothc1330 to draw the tablec1330 to take awaya1475 to take up the tablea1513 to take off1599 to clear away1711 clear1914 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 112. ¶1 Sunday clears away the Rust of the whole Week. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) vii. 71 The waiters withdrew to ‘clear away,’ or in other words, to appropriate to their own private use..remnants of the eatables and drinkables. 1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow (ed. 2) II. xv. 293 Smallbones..asked his master, as he cleared away, whether he should keep the red-herring for the next day. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §27. 211 I had a man to clear away the snow. 1873 J. Morley Rousseau I. 5 Clearing away the overgrowth of errors. 1964 J. Fleming Chill & Kill v. 59 Charming girls..anxious to please..clearing away and even offering to mow the tiny lawn. ΚΠ 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World ii. 17 One George Gayny took the end of a Line, and made it fast about his Neck, and left the other end ashore, and one man stood by the Line, to clear it away to him. 3. intransitive. Of clouds, fog, etc.: To pass away and leave clearness behind. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [verb (intransitive)] > become clear > pass away (of clouds, fog, etc.) to clear away1805 to clear off1816 1805 A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. III. 202 About five it cleared away, and we saw L'Hercule to leeward. 1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 159 We had a fog which never once cleared away for fifteen days. 1827 J. Keble Christian Year II. lxxi. 78 The morning mist is clear'd away, Yet still the face of heaven is gray. < as lemmas |
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