| 单词 | clean |
| 释义 | clean (once / 70 pages) 1adjv 2adj 3adjadv 4adjadvn The meaning of clean usually refers to removing something unwanted: you clean your hands by washing them, then you can clean some grapes. This word has many meanings related to being pure or empty. You clean a chicken by plucking its feathers, or get cleaned out when you lose all your money at poker. If a drug addict is clean, he's no longer using. You can clean someone’s clock, clean up your act, or clean out a safe and make a clean getaway. If the floor is clean enough to eat off, it's very clean. A clean life is morally pure. WORD FAMILYclean: cleanable, cleaned, cleaner, cleanest, cleaning, cleanly, cleanness, cleans, unclean+/cleaner: cleaners/cleaning: cleanings/cleanliness: cleanlinesses/cleanly: cleanlier, cleanliest, cleanlily, cleanliness, uncleanly/cleanness: cleannesses/unclean: uncleaner, uncleanest, uncleanness/uncleanly: uncleanliness/uncleanness: uncleannesses USAGE EXAMPLESIn June the Kenyan company won awards from the clean energy charity Ashden, reports the Guardian. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Coleridge believed the clean air on the hill at Highgate was beneficial in his attempts to cure himself of opium addiction. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) “So remove dry cleaning bags and hang only one item per hanger.” New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) 1 1adj free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits children with clean shining faces clean white shirts clean dishes a spotlessly clean house cats are clean animals Syn|Ant cleanable capable of being cleaned cleanlyhabitually clean dry-cleanedcleaned with chemical solvents fresh, unusednot yet used or soiled immaculate, speckless, spic, spic-and-span, spick, spick-and-span, spotlesscompletely neat and clean pristineimmaculately clean and unused scrubbedmade clean by scrubbing unsoiled, unspotted, unstainedwithout soil or spot or stain unsulliedspotlessly clean and fresh washed, water-washedclean by virtue of having been washed in water antisepticthoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms tidymarked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits dirty, soiled, unclean soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime Augeanextremely filthy from long neglect bedraggled, draggledlimp and soiled as if dragged in the mud befouled, fouledmade dirty or foul begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchythickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot black, smuttysoiled with dirt or soot buggyinfested with bugs cobwebbycovered with cobwebs dirty-facedhaving a dirty face feculentfoul with waste matter filthy, foul, nastydisgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter flyblown, sordid, squalidfoul and run-down and repulsive greasy, oilysmeared or soiled with grease or oil lousyinfested with lice maculatespotted or blotched mucky, muddydirty and messy; covered with mud or muck rattydirty and infested with rats scummycovered with scum smudgysmeared with something that soils or stains; these words are often used in combination snot-nosed, snottydirty with nasal discharge sootycovered with or as if with soot travel-soiled, travel-stainedsoiled from travel uncleanlyhabitually unclean unsweptnot having been swept unwashednot cleaned with or as if with soap and water untidynot neat and tidy 2adj free from impurities clean water Syn fresh pure free of extraneous elements of any kind 3adj free from sepsis or infection a clean (or uninfected) wound Syn uninfected antiseptic thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms 4adj (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections a clean manuscript Syn fair legible (of handwriting, print, etc.) capable of being read or deciphered 5adj (of a surface) not written or printed on a clean page Syn blank, white empty holding or containing nothing 6adj ritually clean or pure Syn|Ant halal conforming to dietary laws cosher, kosherconforming to dietary laws purefree of extraneous elements of any kind impure, unclean having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws nonkosher, terefah, trefnot conforming to dietary laws untouchable( especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling impurecombined with extraneous elements 7adj (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings Syn clear, light, unclouded pure free of extraneous elements of any kind 8v make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from Clean the stove! The dentist cleaned my teeth Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper make clean clean house, houseclean clean and tidy up the house begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil make soiled, filthy, or dirty disinfect destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing brushclean with a brush dustremove the dust from hoover, vacuum, vacuum-cleanclean with a vacuum cleaner hygienise, hygienize, sanitise, sanitizemake sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing breamclean (a ship's bottom) with heat steam, steam cleanclean by means of steaming plume, preenclean with one's bill sweepclean by sweeping do the dishes, wash upwash dishes pipe-claywhiten or clean with pipe-clay scavengeclean refuse from dry cleanclean with chemical agents launder, washcleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water sterilise, sterilizemake free from bacteria antisepticizedisinfect with an antiseptic chlorinatedisinfect with chlorine water-washwash with water wash outwash free from unwanted substances, such as dirt powerwash, pressure-washwash before painting to remove old paint and mildew sudswash in suds rinse, rinse offwash off soap or remaining dirt cradlewash in a cradle stone-wash, stonewashwash with stones to achieve a worn appearance hand-wash, handwashwash or launder by hand instead of with a machine machine wash, machine-washwash by machine acid-washwash with acid so as to achieve a bleached look alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 9v clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing clean up before you see your grandparents clean your fingernails before dinner Syn|Hypo|Hyper cleanse bathe cleanse the entire body washto cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking lave, washcleanse (one's body) with soap and water lather, soaprub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning bath, batheclean one's body by immersion into water douchedirect a spray of water into a bodily cavity, for cleaning flossuse dental floss to clean decontaminaterid of contamination showertake a shower; wash one's body in the shower fomentbathe with warm water or medicated lotions sponge downwash with a sponge scrub, scrub upwash thoroughly gargle, rinserinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash shampoouse shampoo on (hair) hushwash by removing particles groom, neaten care for one's external appearance 10v remove while making clean Clean the spots off the rug Syn|Hyper clean house, houseclean clean and tidy up the house remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract 11v remove unwanted substances from Syn|Hyper scavenge remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract 12v remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits Clean the turkey Syn|Hyper pick remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract 13v remove shells or husks from clean grain before milling it Hyper remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract 14v remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely The boys cleaned the sandwich platters The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm Syn|Hyper strip remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract 15v deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc. The other players cleaned him completely Hyper deprive, divest, strip take away possessions from someone 16v clean and tidy up the house Syn|Hypo|Hyper clean house, houseclean make clean make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from G.I., GI clean in preparation for inspection spring-cleanthoroughly clean the entire house, often done only once a year clean up, neaten, square away, straighten, straighten out, tidy, tidy up put (things or places) in order 17v be cleanable 2This stove cleans easily Syn|Hyper make clean make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) 1adj not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination a clean fuel the tactical bomb is reasonably clean Syn|Ant uncontaminating contaminating, dirty spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination 2adj free of drugs after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years Syn unaddicted not addicted 3adj not carrying concealed weapons 3Syn unarmed (used of persons or the military) not having or using arms 1adj without difficulties or problems a clean test flight Syn easy posing no difficulty; requiring little effort 2adj free of restrictions or qualifications a clean bill of health Syn clear unqualified not limited or restricted 3adj (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense a clean voting record a clean driver's license Syn perfect being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish 4adj (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers good clean fun a clean joke Syn|Ant unobjectionable antiseptic devoid of objectionable language decentconforming to conventions of sexual behavior dirty (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency bawdy, off-color, ribaldhumorously vulgar blasphemous, blue, profanecharacterized by profanity or cursing dirty-mindedhaving lewd thoughts cruddy, filthy, foul, nasty, smuttycharacterized by obscenity foul-mouthed, foul-spokenusing foul or obscene language lewd, obscene, raunchy, salacioussuggestive of or tending to moral looseness scabrousdealing with salacious or indecent material scatologicaldealing pruriently with excrement and excretory functions indecentoffensive to good taste especially in sexual matters 5adj morally pure led a clean life Syn clean-living moral concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles 6adj exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play a clean fight Syn sporting, sportsmanlike, sporty fair, just free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules 7adv in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating 4Syn|Ant fair, fairly below the belt, unfairly in an unfair manner 1adj thorough and without qualification a clean getaway a clean sweep a clean break Syn complete having every necessary or normal part or component or step 2adj free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek a clean throw Syn neat adroit quick or skillful or adept in action or thought 3adv completely; used as intensifiers clean forgot the appointment Syn plum, plumb 4n a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead Syn|Hyper clean and jerk weightlift, weightlifting bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights |
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