wipe

英 [waɪp] 美[waɪp]
  • vt. 擦;消除;涂上
  • vi. 擦;打
  • n. 擦拭;用力打

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词态变化


复数: wipes;第三人称单数: wipes;过去式: wiped;过去分词: wiped;现在分词: wiping;

中文词源


wipe 擦,洗

来自PIE*weip,弯,转,摇晃,词源同vibrate,whip。引申词义前后移动,清洗,擦拭。

英英释意


1. the act of rubbing or wiping;
"he gave the hood a quick rub"

英文词源


wipe (n.)
1640s, "act of wiping," from wipe (v.). From 1708 as "something used in wiping" (especially a handkerchief); 1971 as "disposable absorbent tissue."
wipe (v.)
Old English wipian "to wipe, cleanse," from Proto-Germanic *wipjan "to move back and forth" (cognates: Danish vippe, Middle Dutch, Dutch vippen, Old High German wifan "to swing"), from PIE *weip- "to turn, vacillate, tremble" (source of Latin vibrare "to shake;" see vibrate).

同义词辨析


clean, clear, sweep, dust, mop, wipe, scrub

这些动词均有"使干净"之意。

clean: 是这些动词中最常用的词,指将某物或某处的污物等清除掉,弄干净。

clear: 指清除不要的东西。

sweep: 指用扫帚等进行清扫,也用作比喻。

dust: 指将积落在物体表面的尘土抹去、掸掉或擦去以保干净。

mop: 侧重指用拖把擦洗地板,有时也指擦干净或擦去。

wipe: 多指用布、纸等物把东西擦净,也指擦掉某物。

scrub: 指用硬刷、肥皂或水用力地擦洗某物。

考试真题


This has wiped 6% off the value of the soft tissue paper market in the UK.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

The recession permanently wiped out 2.5 million jobs.

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

These habits have helped companies earn billions of dollars when customers eat snacks or wipe counters almost without thinking, often in response to a carefully designed set of daily cues.

2010年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

词组搭配


wipe someone's eye

(Brit. informal, dated)get the better of someone

(英,非正式,旧)胜过某人

wipe the floor with

(informal)inflict a humiliating defeat on

(非正式)使…遭受耻辱性失败

they wiped the floor with us in a 3–0 win.

他们3比0大败我方。

wipe the slate clean

forgive or forget past faults or offences; make a fresh start

原谅过去的错误;忘却以往的冒犯;重新开始

wipe something off

subtract an amount from a value or debt

扣除价值额(或债务额)

the crash wiped 24 per cent off stock prices.

这次崩盘使股价跌了24%。

wipe someone out

kill a large number of people

杀死大批人

the plague had wiped out whole villages.

瘟疫夺去了全村所有人的生命。

(一般作 be wiped out)ruin someone financially

在财务上毁掉某人

(informal)exhaust or intoxicate someone

(非正式)使某人筋疲力尽;使喝醉

wipe something out

eliminate something completely

彻底消灭某物

their life savings were wiped out.

他们一生的积蓄全用光了。

wipe out

To destroy or be destroyed completely.

消灭:彻底摧毁或被彻底破坏

&I{Slang} To murder.

&I{【俚语】} 杀死,谋杀

&I{Sports} To lose one's balance and fall or jump off a surfboard.

&I{【体育运动】} 被浪打翻:失去平衡,然后从冲浪板上翻跌下来或跳下来

实用场景例句


Please wipe your feet on the mat.
请在垫子上蹭一蹭脚。

牛津词典

He wiped his hands on a clean towel.
他用一块干净的手巾擦了擦双手。

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She was sniffing and wiping her eyes with a tissue.
她边抽泣边用手巾纸拭擦眼泪。

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He wiped his plate clean with a piece of bread.
他用一块面包把碟子擦干净。

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He wiped the sweat from his forehead.
他擦去额头上的汗。

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She wiped off her make-up.
她把化的妆擦掉了。

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Use that cloth to wipe up the mess.
用那块布把脏东西擦掉。

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(figurative)Wipe that stupid smile off your face.
别那么傻笑啦。

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You must have wiped off that programme I recorded.
你一定是把我录制的节目给抹掉了。

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Somebody had wiped all the tapes.
有人把所有磁带上录制的内容都抹掉了。

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I tried to wipe the whole episode from my mind.
我设法把这整个经历从心中抹掉。

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You can never wipe out the past.
你永远不能把过去一笔勾销。

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She took a cloth and wiped down the kitchen table.
她拿了一块布把厨房桌面擦得干干净净。

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Billions of pounds were wiped off share prices today.
今天的股票价格下挫造成数十亿英镑的损失。

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All that travelling has wiped her out.
一路舟车辛劳让她疲惫不堪。

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Whole villages were wiped out by the earthquake.
地震把整座整座的村庄夷为平地。

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Last year's profits were virtually wiped out.
去年的利润几乎全都赔光了。

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a campaign to wipe out malaria
消灭疟疾的运动

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Can you give the table a quick wipe?
你快点把桌子擦一下行吗?

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Remember to take nappies and baby wipes .
记住带尿布和婴儿的湿纸巾。

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I'll just wipe the table...
我就擦擦桌子。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

When he had finished washing he began to wipe the basin clean...
他清洗完后开始把洗脸池擦拭干净。

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Gleb wiped the sweat from his face...
格莱布擦去脸上的汗水。

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He shook his head and wiped his tears with a tissue.
他摇摇头,用纸巾擦掉眼泪。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...antiseptic wipes.
消毒湿巾

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Tony Holmes wiped the smile off the faces of his rivals with a solo 30-second win.
托尼·福尔摩斯以30秒的领先优势获得了这一赛段的个人胜利,使对手再也笑不起来。

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