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单词 window cleaner
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Definition of window cleaner in English:

window cleaner

noun
  • 1A person who is employed to clean windows.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Eveidently the tenant had neither heard of a vacuum cleaner nor a window cleaner.
    • The musical, based on the book by Abe Burrows with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, focuses on J Pierrepont, a young window cleaner who starts to climb the corporate ladder.
    • After retiring from soccer in 1977 Astle became a window cleaner before forging a TV career in the 1990s with cameo singing roles on television's Fantasy Football League show.
    • The number of women employing au pairs, window cleaners and gardeners has increased by only 7.9 per cent in the past five years.
    • The trees belonged to her husband Thomas, 57, a self-employed window cleaner, who has been growing bonsai for more than ten years, and has displayed them at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show.
    • Companies are happy to employ window cleaners and people to vacuum but many of them forget about the danger at their fingertips.
    • The door would normally be locked but the window cleaner had just been.
    • My employer was always short of what he called ‘change’ for the milkman, the window cleaner (then a necessity in London), and for a round of drinks or a taxi fare.
    • Mr Oaks, who has worked as a window cleaner for the past 15 years, joked: ‘I have seen some strange things over the years.’
    • After all, when the window cleaner comes to clean your windows and you pay him he doesn't ask you where the money's come from.
    1. 1.1mass noun A substance used for cleaning windows.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I am concerned that the bill has the impact of perhaps regulating against Sellotape, against Mr Muscle, and against window cleaner, and I think that is a ridiculous state of affairs.
      • It was later determined that the bottle contained window cleaner.
      • The man didn't seem quite normal - besides living in an alley and having super-advanced technology, he couldn't hear footsteps and was oozing some goo the color of window cleaner.
      • Wipe the screen daily using window cleaner, then polish it with a clean dry cloth.
      • ‘Sales’ includes everything from in-stock office furniture to window cleaner and wire cutters.
      • Since it was impossible to return to the bottle of window cleaner, I strolled the hallways until I arrived outside the school office.
      • Just add a teaspoon or so of liquid dish soap to acrylic craft paint, (I like white or gold metallic) and after the holidays you should be able to wash it off with window cleaner.
      • Sure, there are plenty of fancy, organic home cleaning products, but frankly we just can't bear to spend big bucks on a purse size atomizer of window cleaner.
      • Spray your sliding glass door with window cleaner.
      • If you live in a particularly dry climate, or you have problems with the vinyl not clinging to the block, dampen the block with a spray of water or window cleaner and it will adhere better.
 
 

Definition of window cleaner in US English:

window cleaner

nounˈwindō ˌklēnərˈwɪndoʊ ˌklinər
British
  • 1A person who is employed to clean windows; a window washer.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mr Oaks, who has worked as a window cleaner for the past 15 years, joked: ‘I have seen some strange things over the years.’
    • The musical, based on the book by Abe Burrows with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, focuses on J Pierrepont, a young window cleaner who starts to climb the corporate ladder.
    • My employer was always short of what he called ‘change’ for the milkman, the window cleaner (then a necessity in London), and for a round of drinks or a taxi fare.
    • Eveidently the tenant had neither heard of a vacuum cleaner nor a window cleaner.
    • The number of women employing au pairs, window cleaners and gardeners has increased by only 7.9 per cent in the past five years.
    • Companies are happy to employ window cleaners and people to vacuum but many of them forget about the danger at their fingertips.
    • The trees belonged to her husband Thomas, 57, a self-employed window cleaner, who has been growing bonsai for more than ten years, and has displayed them at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show.
    • The door would normally be locked but the window cleaner had just been.
    • After retiring from soccer in 1977 Astle became a window cleaner before forging a TV career in the 1990s with cameo singing roles on television's Fantasy Football League show.
    • After all, when the window cleaner comes to clean your windows and you pay him he doesn't ask you where the money's come from.
    1. 1.1 A substance used for cleaning windows.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Just add a teaspoon or so of liquid dish soap to acrylic craft paint, (I like white or gold metallic) and after the holidays you should be able to wash it off with window cleaner.
      • The man didn't seem quite normal - besides living in an alley and having super-advanced technology, he couldn't hear footsteps and was oozing some goo the color of window cleaner.
      • It was later determined that the bottle contained window cleaner.
      • If you live in a particularly dry climate, or you have problems with the vinyl not clinging to the block, dampen the block with a spray of water or window cleaner and it will adhere better.
      • Sure, there are plenty of fancy, organic home cleaning products, but frankly we just can't bear to spend big bucks on a purse size atomizer of window cleaner.
      • Wipe the screen daily using window cleaner, then polish it with a clean dry cloth.
      • ‘Sales’ includes everything from in-stock office furniture to window cleaner and wire cutters.
      • I am concerned that the bill has the impact of perhaps regulating against Sellotape, against Mr Muscle, and against window cleaner, and I think that is a ridiculous state of affairs.
      • Since it was impossible to return to the bottle of window cleaner, I strolled the hallways until I arrived outside the school office.
      • Spray your sliding glass door with window cleaner.
 
 
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