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单词 mop
释义
noun | verb
mopmop1 /mɑp/ noun [countable] Etymology
ETYMOLOGYmop1
Origin: 1400-1500 Perhaps from Latin mappa cloth (for cleaning)
1 a thing used for washing floors, made of a long stick with threads of thick string or a sponge fastened to one end2 (also mop of hair) [usually singular] informal a large amount of thick often messy hair
noun | verb
mopmop2 verb (mopped, mopping) Verb Table
VERB TABLE
mop
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theymop
he, she, itmops
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theymopped
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave mopped
he, she, ithas mopped
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad mopped
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill mop
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have mopped
Continuous Form
PresentIam mopping
he, she, itis mopping
you, we, theyare mopping
PastI, he, she, itwas mopping
you, we, theywere mopping
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been mopping
he, she, ithas been mopping
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been mopping
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be mopping
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been mopping
Thesaurus
THESAURUS to remove dirt from something by rubbing or washing
to remove dirt from something by rubbing or washing:  I need to clean the bathtub. She’s busy cleaning.
to use water, and often soap, to clean clothes, dishes, parts of your body, or uncooked food:  Wash your hands before dinner.
formal to make something, especially part of your body, completely clean:  Cleanse the wound thoroughly with soap and water.
to clean something with a chemical that kills bacteria:  Bathrooms in public places must be disinfected regularly.
to make something, for example a medical tool, completely clean and kill all bacteria in or on it, using high temperatures or chemicals:  It is important to sterilize baby bottles to keep your baby healthy.
to remove the dirty parts or bacteria from something such as water or air:  Boil the water for ten minutes to purify it.
to clean a surface with a cloth, often a wet cloth:  She wiped the crumbs off the table into her hand.
to clean something by rubbing it hard with a wet brush or cloth:  He was on his hands and knees scrubbing the floor.
to clean dust off furniture:  The bookshelves need to be dusted.
to make furniture, shoes, etc. shiny by rubbing them:  I need to polish my shoes before my interview tomorrow.
to clean carpets with a special machine:  Don’t forget to vacuum under the table.
to clean the dirt from the floor or ground using a broom (=brush with a long handle):  After the haircut she swept up the hair.
to clean the floor with water and a mop (=soft brush on a long handle):  It didn’t take long to mop the kitchen floor.
to clean the house:  I spent all Saturday doing the housework.
to wash plates and pans after a meal:  If you cook, I’ll do the dishes.
to wash dirty pots and pans with a rough cloth:  If you let the pot soak, you won’t have to scour it.
to wash clothes:  I need to do the laundry – I’m almost out of clean clothes.
to clean clothes with chemicals instead of water:  Where do you get your suits dry-cleaned?
1 [intransitive, transitive] to wash a floor with a wet mop:  I just mopped the kitchen floor.► see thesaurus at clean22[transitive] to remove liquid from a surface, especially from your face, by rubbing it with a cloth:  She mopped the sweat from her face.3mop the floor with somebody informal to completely defeat someone, for example in a game or argumentmop up phrasal verb1 to remove a large amount of liquid from something by absorbing it with something:  The city is mopping up after more than a week of floods.mop something ↔ up I mopped up the spilled milk with a sponge.2mop something ↔ up to remove or deal with something which you think is undesirable or dangerous so that it is no longer a problem:  Firefighters mopped up the few hot spots left from Saturday’s brush fire.3mop something ↔ up to use all or a lot of something which is available in large amounts:  The program will mop up the rest of our budget.
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