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单词 wipe
释义
verb | noun
wipewipe1 /waɪp/ ●●● S2 W3 verb Etymology
ETYMOLOGYwipe1
Origin: Old English wipian
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
wipe
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theywipe
he, she, itwipes
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theywiped
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave wiped
he, she, ithas wiped
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad wiped
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill wipe
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have wiped
Continuous Form
PresentIam wiping
he, she, itis wiping
you, we, theyare wiping
PastI, he, she, itwas wiping
you, we, theywere wiping
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been wiping
he, she, ithas been wiping
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been wiping
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be wiping
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been wiping
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS
 Bill wiped his eyes (=wiped the tears from his face) and apologized.
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?
to damage something so badly that it does not exist anymore or cannot be used or repaired
to damage something so badly that it does not exist anymore or cannot be used or repaired:  Pollution may destroy the 17th-century shrine. The school was completely destroyed by fire.
(also tear down informal) to completely destroy a building, structure, or part of a building:  They demolished the old houses and built an apartment building there. After the war, all the statues of the former leader were torn down.
to damage a place very badly or destroy many things in it. Used especially in writing:  The earthquake devastated the city.
formal to destroy something, especially a building or town, completely. Used especially in writing:  Dresden was reduced to rubble in the bombings.
to destroy everything in an area so that nothing is standing above the ground:  The tornado flattened parts of the city.
informal to destroy all of a group of people or things:  The flood wiped out the whole village.
informal to damage a car so badly that it cannot be repaired:  He got in a bad accident and totaled his new car.
informal to damage a vehicle or machine very badly, often so that it cannot be repaired:  You’re going to wreck the machine if you keep forcing it.
1CLEAN/RUB [transitive] (also wipe off) a)to rub a surface with a cloth in order to remove dirt, liquid, etc.:  Ask the waitress to wipe off the table.wipe something with something She wiped her mouth with her sleeve. Bill wiped his eyes (=wiped the tears from his face) and apologized. b)to clean something by rubbing it against a surface:  Wipe your feet before you come in.► see thesaurus at clean22REMOVE DIRT [transitive always + adv./prep.] to remove liquid, dirt, or marks by wiping: wipe something off/from etc. Let me wipe that mustard off your cheek.3COMPUTER/TAPE [transitive] to remove all the information that is stored on a tape, video, or computer disk4PLATES [intransitive, transitive] to dry plates, cups, etc. that have been washed SYN dry:  You wash, I’ll wipe.5wipe the slate clean to decide to forget about mistakes or arguments that happened in the past6wipe the smile/grin off somebody’s face informal to make someone less pleased or satisfied, especially someone who acts as if he or she is smarter than other people7wipe the floor with somebody informal to defeat someone completely in a competition or argument8wipe something off the face of the earth (also wipe something off the map) to destroy something completely so that it does not exist anymore:  Heavy bombing virtually wiped the city off the map.9wipe something out of your mind/memory (also wipe something from your mind/memory) to forget an unhappy or upsetting experience[Origin: Old English wipian]wipe something ↔ away phrasal verb to make something stop or go away:  The sound of his voice wiped her smile away.wipe something ↔ down phrasal verb to completely clean a surface using a wet clothwipe out phrasal verb1wipe somebody/something ↔ out to destroy, kill, remove, or get rid of someone or something completely:  Whole villages were wiped out by the floods.► see thesaurus at destroy2wipe somebody ↔ out informal to make you feel extremely tired:  Standing on my feet all day really wipes me out. → see also wiped out3 spoken to fall or hit another object when driving a car, riding a bicycle, etc.:  Scott wiped out on his bike.4wipe somebody ↔ out to make someone lose all of his or her moneywipe something ↔ up phrasal verb to remove liquid from a surface using a cloth:  Quick. Get something to wipe up the milk.
verb | noun
wipewipe2 noun [countable] 1a wiping movement with a cloth2a special piece of wet material that you use to clean something and then throw away:  antiseptic wipes
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