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单词 swabbed
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swabbed in British English

past participle of verb, past tense of verb
swab
 

swab in British English

(swɒb)
noun
1.  medicine
a. 
a small piece of cotton, gauze, etc, for use in applying medication, cleansing a wound, or obtaining a specimen of a secretion, etc
b. 
the specimen so obtained
2. 
a mop for cleaning floors, decks, etc
3. 
a brush used to clean a firearm's bore
4.  slang
an uncouth or worthless fellow
verbWord forms: swabs, swabbing or swabbed
5. (transitive)
to clean or medicate with or as if with a swab
6. (transitive; foll by up)
to take up with a swab
Word origin
C16: probably from Middle Dutch swabbe mop; related to Norwegian svabba to splash, Dutch zwabberen to mop, German schwappen to slop over

Examples of 'swabbed' in a sentence
swabbed

Cell samples are swabbed from each animal's cheek.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I daren't look as he inserts it into my swabbed, exposed stomach.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
One had a list of areas to be swabbed taped to his overalls.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
She swabbed my arm, prepared her hypodermic and told me she'd need four phials.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
I swabbed my mouth and sent it back.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Experts believe all inpatients should be swabbed on admission to hospital.
The Sun (2006)
The day before, the singers had been saliva-swabbed at a rehearsal.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
They have the potential to infect everything until they are thoroughly swabbed.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
She said she was told that the item had been swabbed and no trace of explosives had been found.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
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