| 单词 | vacuum-clean |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvacuum-clean vacuum-clean v. [as a back-formation] (transitive) = vacuum v. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > vacuum-cleaning > vacuum-clean [verb (transitive)] vacuum-clean1912 vacuum1922 vac1942 1912 Sci. Amer. 22 Nov. 442/2 (caption) Vacuum-cleaning an automobile. The exhaust gases of the motor create the suction. 1924 R. Kipling Debits & Credits (1926) 149 The organ-bench, whose purple velvet cushion was being vacuum-cleaned on the floor below. 1956 Good Housek. Home Encycl. (ed. 4) 316/2 Wicker~work..requires to be brushed or vacuum-cleaned regularly. 1973 Physics Bull. Feb. 110/3 These..could then be scraped and vacuum cleaned from the carpet. 1977 J. R. L. Anderson Death in City i. 10 A team..did the rooms,..vacuum-cleaning floors. 1983 Daily Tel. 8 Apr. 16/3 Soviet spies are vacuum cleaning the West for its industrial and scientific secrets. < as lemmas |
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