| 单词 | wipe |
| 释义 | wipe v. & n. --vtr. 1. clean or dry the surface of by rubbing with the hands or a cloth etc. 2. rub (a cloth) over a surface. 3. spread (a liquid etc.) over a surface by rubbing. 4. (often foll. by away, off, etc.) a clear or remove by wiping (wiped the mess off the table; wipe away your tears). b remove or eliminate completely (the village was wiped off the map). 5. a erase (data, a recording, etc., from a magnetic medium). b erase data from (the medium). 6. Austral. & NZ sl. reject or dismiss (a person or idea). --n 1. an act of wiping (give the floor a wipe). 2. a piece of disposable absorbent cloth, usu. treated with a cleansing agent, for wiping something clean (antiseptic wipes). Phrases and idioms wipe down clean (esp. a vertical surface) by wiping. wipe a person's eye colloq. get the better of a person. wipe the floor with colloq. inflict a humiliating defeat on. wipe off annul (a debt etc.). wipe out 1. a destroy, annihilate (the whole population was wiped out). b obliterate (wiped it out of my memory). 2. sl. murder. 3. clean the inside of. 4. avenge (an insult etc.). wipe-out n. 1. the obliteration of one radio signal by another. 2. an instance of destruction or annihilation. 3. sl. a fall from a surfboard. wipe the slate clean see SLATE. wipe up 1. Brit. dry (dishes etc.). 2. take up (a liquid etc.) by wiping. Derivatives wipeable adj. Etymology: OE wipian: cf. OHG wifan wind round, Goth. weipan crown: rel. to WHIP |
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